Swedish noun

en ort

neighbourhood, (neighborhood (US)), locality/ʊʈː/

Meaning

neighbourhood, (neighborhood (US)), locality

In Swedish: (lokal)samhälle

Forms

Forms of ort
Singular, indefiniteen ort
Singular, definiteorten
Plural, indefiniteorter
Plural, definiteorterna

ort is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor ort, den stora orten. Check another noun

Practise ort

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Is it en ort or ett ort?

ort in a sentence

  • folket på orten
    the local populace
  • på flera orter i landet
    at several places in (in several parts of) the country
  • ortenmode
    suburban fashion (multiethnic youth fashion)
  • ortensvenska
    suburban Swedish (multiethnic youth Swedish)

Expressions

  • från högsta ort
    from the highest quarter,
  • på ort och ställe
    on the spot,

Words built with ort

  • badort seaside resort, spa
  • ortnamn place name
  • födelseort place of birth
  • ortsbefolkning local population

Questions

What does ort mean in English?

ort means “neighbourhood, (neighborhood (US)), locality”.

Is it en ort or ett ort?

It is en ort, and “the neighbourhood” is orten.

What is the plural of ort?

The plural of ort is orter, and the definite plural is orterna.

Similar words

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Origin

From Middle Low German ort, from Old Saxon ord, from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“sharp point, place”).

Nearby common words

ort is number 8,153 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary