vört

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvœ̞ʈː]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [ˈvɵʈː]

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vørt,[2] from Old Norse virtr, from Proto-Germanic *wirtiz. Svensk etymologisk ordbok suggests the word is borrowed from Middle Low German.[3] Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål vørter, Norwegian Nynorsk vørter, Danish urt.

Noun

vört c (uncountable)

  1. wort
Declension
Declension of vört 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative vört vörten — —
Genitive vörts vörtens — —
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of vörtbröd (“wort bread”), from vört (“wort”) + bröd (“bread”).

Noun

vört c

  1. wort bread
Declension
Declension of vört 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vört vörten vörtar vörtarna
Genitive vörts vörtens vörtars vörtarnas
Derived terms
  • julvört (“Christmas wort bread”)

References
  1. Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎, number 3
  2. vört in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  3. vört in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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