ört

See also: ort, Ort, and ORT

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse urt, oblique case form of Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wrd- (“root”).

Compare with English wort and the Latin rādīx (“root”). Cognate with the Icelandic rót; Old English rōt (whence Middle English root (“the underground part of a plant”), whence English root).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈœ̞ʈː]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [ˈɵʈː]

Noun

ört c

  1. herb, herbaceous plant

Usage notes

Compared to English, ört often focuses more on the plant aspect in Swedish, as herbs are already included in krydda (“seasoning; culinary herbs and spices”). "Krydda med örter" (season with herbs) and the like sounds natural in Swedish as well though.

Declension

Declension of ört
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ört örts
definite örten örtens
plural indefinite örter örters
definite örterna örternas

Derived terms

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]‎[1], number 3

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