dort

See also: Dort and dört

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• dortn
• (East Central) duart

Etymology

From Middle High German dort, from Old High German doret. Cognate with German dort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̥oɐ̯t/, /ˈd̥ort/
• (East Central) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥uɐ̯t/

Adverb

dort

1. there

See also

Bavarian adverbs of place and direction

	adverbs
	from	to	here	there
place	her	hi	då/dou	dort/duart
inside	eina	eini/-e, nei	herin	drin
outside	aussa/assa	aussi/-e, assi, naus	heraust	draussn
up	auffa/affa	auffi/-e, affi, nauf	herobn	drobn
down	åwa	åwi/-e, nå, åi	herunt	druntn
forth	fiara	fiari/-e	vorn	davor
behind	hinta, hintra	hinti/-e, hintri/-e	hintn	dahinta
over here	umma	ummi/-e	herent	drent, entn
over there	dåna	dåni/-e	herdånt	hidånt
closer	zuara	zuari/-e

Cimbrian

Preposition

dort

1. alternative form of dor

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Torte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdort]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ort

Noun

dort m inan

1. cake

Declension

Declension of dort (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	dort	dorty
genitive	dortu	dortů
dative	dortu	dortům
accusative	dort	dorty
vocative	dorte	dorty
locative	dortu	dortech
instrumental	dortem	dorty

Derived terms

• čokoládový dort
• dortíček
• dortík
• třešnička na dortu

Further reading

• “dort”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dort”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “dort”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔʁ/

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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Verb

dort

1. third-person singular present indicative of dormir

Anagrams

• tord

German

Alternative forms

• dorten (dialectal or poetic; overall very rare)

Etymology

From Middle High German dort, from Old High German doret, dārot (“thither”), from Proto-West Germanic *þārud (“thither”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adverb

dort

1. there, yonder

   Synonym: da

Usage notes

• Dort is seldom ever heard in non-formal speech in some regions of Germany, chiefly the west and north. In these regions, 'da' is considered a synonym and overall more frequent. Dort is, however, quite common in eastern Germany, southern Germany, and Austria, where 'da' and dort are considered antonyms, the former referring to the position of the speaker (akin to here, cf. 'hier', which in these regions is considered a synonym of 'da') and the latter referring to a position away from the speaker (akin to there).
• In literary German, dort is usual in all regions.

Further reading

• “dort” in Duden online
• “dort”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “dort” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon