lort
Danish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Interjection edit
lort
- crap, shit (See Thesaurus:dammit)
Noun edit
lort c (singular definite lorten, plural indefinite lorte)
- turd (a piece of excrement)
- (vulgar, derogatory) jerk, bastard
Inflection edit
Declension of lort
Synonyms edit
Noun edit
lort n (singular definite lortet, not used in plural form)
- crap, shit (See Thesaurus:feces)
- (informal) muck, rubbish (See Thesaurus:trash and Thesaurus:junk)
- (informal) rubbish, drivel (See Thesaurus:nonsense)
Synonyms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lort m (definite singular lorten, indefinite plural lortar, definite plural lortane)
- a turd (a piece of excrement - mainly used of animal excrement)
References edit
- “lort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Noun edit
lort c
- filth, grime, dirt
- (dated) excrements
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Declension of lort | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lort | lorten | lortar | lortarna |
Genitive | lorts | lortens | lortars | lortarnas |
Derived terms edit
- lortgris (“someone filthy”)
- sista lorten stänger porten
Related terms edit
- lortig (“dirty, filthy”)