dort

See also: Dort and dört

English

Etymology

From Middle English dort (found in compound cankerdort), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Noun

dort (plural dorts)

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A sulky or sullen mood; the sulks.

Usage notes

• Usually used in the plural, the dorts.

Derived terms

• dorty

Verb

dort (third-person singular simple present dorts, present participle dorting, simple past and past participle dorted)

1. (intransitive) To become pettish; sulk.

Anagrams

• dtor, trod

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Cimbrian

Preposition

dort

1. Alternative form of dor

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Czech

Etymology

German Torte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdort]

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Noun

1. cake

Derived terms

• čokoládový dort
• dortík
• dortíček

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔʁ/

Verb

dort

1. third-person singular present indicative of dormir

Anagrams

• tord

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German

Alternative forms

• dorten (dialectal or poetic; overall very rare)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German doret.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔrt/, [dɔʁt], [dɔɐ̯t], [dɔːt]

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Adverb

dort

1. there, yonder

Usage notes

• Dort is seldom ever heard in non-formal speech in some regions of Germany, chiefly the west and north. The synonym da is overall more frequent, although dort is quite common in eastern Germany, southern Germany, and Austria.
• In literary German, dort is usual in all regions.

Synonyms

• da

Further reading

• “dort” in Duden online