Ort

German (Berlin)

/ɔrt/

noun
Definitions
  • place, location, point, position
  • place of abode, settled dwelling, village, town
  • (geometry) locus, point
  • (Swiss, dated) canton
  • (dated, mining) end, limit
  • (dated or dialectal) awl
  • (obsolete) point (of a weapon), tip

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German ort (end point, boundary, corner, point, site, border, place) inherited from Old High German ort (point, corner, beginning, tip) inherited from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (point, pointing upward).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*uzdaz

Gloss

point, pointing upward

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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