lort

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse lortr (excrement, feces), akin to Faroese lortur, Icelandic lortur. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *lort (crooked; bent; left; left-handed; dastardly). If so, then related also to English lirt (to trick; deceive), German dialectal lurz (left; bad; wicked).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lort/, [ˈloɐ̯ˀd]

Interjection

lort

  1. crap, shit (See Thesaurus:dammit)

Noun

lort c (singular definite lorten, plural indefinite lorte)

  1. turd (a piece of excrement)
  2. (vulgar, derogatory) jerk, bastard

Inflection

Declension of lort
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lort lorten lorte lortene
genitive lorts lortens lortes lortenes

Synonyms

Noun

lort n (singular definite lortet, not used in plural form)

  1. crap, shit (See Thesaurus:feces)
  2. (informal) muck, rubbish (See Thesaurus:trash and Thesaurus:junk)
  3. (informal) rubbish, drivel (See Thesaurus:nonsense)

Declension

Declension of lort
neuter
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative lort lortet
genitive lorts lortets

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʊrt/

Noun

lort m (definite singular lorten, indefinite plural lortar, definite plural lortane)

  1. a turd (a piece of excrement - mainly used of animal excrement)

References

Swedish

Noun

lort c

  1. dirt, filth, grime
  2. (dated) excrement

Usage notes

Smuts vs. lort is fairly close to English dirt vs. filth. Lort is a bit more unpleasant (and possibly more judgmental) and can sound old-fashioned.

Declension

Derived terms

  • lorta (to soil)
  • lortig (dirty, filthy)

References