vart
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vart (plural varts)
Verb edit
vart (third-person singular simple present varts, present participle varting, simple past and past participle varted)
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
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vart
Dalmatian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
vart m
Estonian edit
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vart
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
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vart
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vart
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
Probably from varsi (“stalk”). Akin to Finnish varten.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrt/, [ˈʋɑrd]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrt/, [ˈʋɑrd̥]
- Rhymes: -ɑrt
- Hyphenation: vart
Postposition edit
vart (+ partitive)
- for
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 1:
- Bukvari iƶoroin şkouluja vart.
- A primer for Ingrian schools.
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
- Sitä vart, jot hyväst saavva tolkku ympäröiväst paikast, pittää tuntaa löytää pooli ja matka, tuntaa katsoa paikan plaanua.
- For this, to understand the surrounding area well, one has to be able to find the direction and the distance, to be able to look at the map of the area.
- because of
References edit
Middle Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Old Saxon fard, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz. Compare Middle Dutch vāert, Middle High German vart.
Noun edit
vārt f
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- "vārt" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
vart
- past participle of vare
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
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vart
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vart
- imperative of varte
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
vart
Verb edit
vart
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vart
Verb edit
vart
Participle edit
vart (definite singular and plural varte)
References edit
- “vart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old High German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *fardi, whence also Old English fierd, Old Norse ferð.
Noun edit
vart f
Descendants edit
- German: Fahrt
Old Norse edit
Adjective edit
vart (masculine varr, feminine vǫr)
Adverb edit
vart (not comparable)
Participle edit
vart
Verb edit
vart
- second-person singular past indicative of vera
- second-person singular past indicative of verða
- supine of verja
References edit
- “vart”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Swedish edit
Verb edit
vart
Polabian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German wert (“host”), from Old Saxon werd, from Proto-Germanic *werduz.
Noun edit
vart m ?
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish hvart, shortened form of var-åt, "towards where".
Adverb edit
vart
- to where, to which place, whither, whereto?
- Vart ska ni?
- Where are you going to?
- (informal, nonstandard) where
- Synonym: var
- Vart är den?
- Where is it?
Usage notes edit
Often not clearly separated from var in (sense 2) by native speakers (to the point where the standard usage has to be learned). Degree of preference for vart over var in the sense of "where?" varies by dialect.
Synonyms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
vart
- past indicative of varda
- (dialectal) Synonym of blev, past indicative of bli
- När vart han kung?
- When did he become king?
- – Vart det bra? – Japp, det vart bra.
- – Did it turn out well? – Yep, it turned out well.
- (dialectal) Synonym of blev, past indicative of bli
Usage notes edit
Often not intuitively connected to varda in (sense 1.1) by speakers, though etymologically connected.
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Determiner edit
vart
Etymology 4 edit
Syncopic form of varit, perhaps influenced by the identical past form of varda.
Verb edit
vart
- (colloquial) supine of vara
References edit
- vart in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vart in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)