urt

See also: URT, Urt, and űrt

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic *wurtiz, cognate with Norwegian urt, Swedish ört, English wort. A variant of *wrōts (“root”) (Danish rod).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /urt/, [ˈuɐ̯d̥]

Noun

urt c (singular definite urten, plural indefinite urter)

1. herb

Declension

Declension of urt

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	urt	urten	urter	urterne
genitive	urts	urtens	urters	urternes

Derived terms

• bulmeurt
• katteurt
• krydderurt
• køkkenurt
• lægeurt
• suppeurt
• urtebed
• urtebouillon
• urtehave
• urtekniv
• urtemedicin
• urteopkog
• urtepotte
• urtete
• urteudtræk

 

References

• “urt” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse urt, oblique case form of Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wrd- (“root”). Compare with Icelandic jurt, Norwegian Bokmål urt, Norwegian Nynorsk urt, Danish urt, Swedish ört, English wort and Latin rādīx (“root”). Also cognate with Icelandic rót, Old English rōt (whence Middle English root (“the underground part of a plant”) came, whence English root came).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊɻ̊ʈ/

Noun

urt f (genitive singular urtar, plural urtir)

1. wort, herb, haulm

Declension

Declension of urt
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	urt	urtin	urtir	urtirnar
accusative	urt	urtina	urtir	urtirnar
dative	urt	urtini	urtum	urtunum
genitive	urtar	urtarinnar	urta	urtanna

Noun

urt f (genitive singular urtar, uncountable)

1. wort, first brew of malt, when making beer

Declension

Declension of urt (singular only)
f2s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	urt	urtin
accusative	urt	urtina
dative	urt	urtini
genitive	urtar	urtarinnar

Noun

urt f (genitive singular urtar, plural urtir)

1. egg deposition, the eggs, a bird lays

Declension

Declension of urt
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	urt	urtin	urtir	urtirnar
accusative	urt	urtina	urtir	urtirnar
dative	urt	urtini	urtum	urtunum
genitive	urtar	urtarinnar	urta	urtanna

Alternative forms

• urpt

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʏr̥t/
• Rhymes: -ʏr̥t

Noun

urt f (genitive singular urtar, nominative plural urtir)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of jurt

Declension

declension of urt

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	urt	urtin	urtir	urtirnar
accusative	urt	urtina	urtir	urtirnar
dative	urt	urtinni	urtum	urtunum
genitive	urtar	urtarinnar	urta	urtanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish urt, from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic *wurtiz, cognate with Swedish ört, English wort. A variant of *wrōts (“root”) (Norwegian Bokmål rot).

The form urta is from oral Norwegian (see Norwegian Nynorsk urta).

Noun

urt f or m (definite singular urta or urten, indefinite plural urter, definite plural urtene)

1. a herb

Derived terms

• johannesurt
• malurt
• seiersurt
• urtemedisin
• urtete

References

• “urt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse urt.

Noun

urt f (definite singular urta, indefinite plural urter, definite plural urtene)

1. a herb

Derived terms

• bulmeurt
• johannesurt
• malurt
• urtemedisin
• urtete

References

• “urt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.