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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

bort.

away, off (things, people that are in motion)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

adv[ˈb̥ɒːd̥]
  1. away, off (things, people that are in motion)

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse burt, brott, braut, originally an adverbial accusative of the noun braut (“way”). For the semantic development of the noun, compare English away, German weg (“away”) (hence Danish væk.

noun[ˈb̥oɐ̯ˀd̥]
  1. border, edging, trimming

    common-gender
  2. band, ribbon

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German borde, from Proto-Germanic *burdô (“rim, edging”), cognate with German Borte. Probably related to *burdą (“board”).

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