vort

See also: vôrt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish וואָרט (vort, “word”). Doublet of word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔɹt/

Noun

vort (plural vorts or vertlach)

1. (Judaism) A short Torah lesson, thought, or insightful saying, often shared at a wedding, gathering, or celebration.
   • 2002 November 12, Sammy, quoting unknown source, “Eim Ha-Banim S'meikha”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated‎^[1] (Usenet):

     He confuses his personal feelings with Halachic methodology, Rebbishe vertlach with Halachic rulings, and so is not at all compelling.

2. (Judaism, by extension) An engagement party in Orthodox Jewish communities.

See also

• drasha
• chidush
• dvar Torah
• l'chaim

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German vort, from Old High German forth, from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forward”). Cognate with German fort, English forth.

Adverb

vort

1. (Luserna) away

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒd̥], [vɒd̥]

Pronoun

vort (formal, neuter, common vor, plural vore)

1. (formal) our/ours, neuter of vor

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal (uncommon)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		indefinite	man	en	ens
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔrt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Adverb

vort

1. informal form of voort

Adjective

vort (used only predicatively, comparative meer vort, superlative meest vort)

1. (informal) gone, lost, vanished

   Mijn leesbril is vort. ― My reading glasses are lost.

   Tegen de tijd dat de politie arriveerde was hij vort. ― By the time the police arrived, he was gone.

Interjection

vort

1. (informal) go! move!

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *furt, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus.

Noun

vort m or f

1. ford
2. escape route

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	vort	vorde
accusative	vort	vorde
genitive	vorts	vorde
dative	vorde	vorden

Strong feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	vort	vorde
accusative	vort	vorde
genitive	vort, vorde	vorde
dative	vort, vorde	vorden

Alternative forms

• vōort

Descendants

• Dutch: voorde f, voord m, (archaic) voort m

Further reading

• “vort”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vort”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vort, further etymology unclear.

Adjective

vort (comparative vorter, superlative vortste)

1. rotten, spoiled
2. dirty