Ort.
place, location, point, position
Meaning & usage
place, location, point, position
vor Ort
place of abode, settled dwelling, village, town
the collective of inhabitants of such a settlement
locus, point (plural Örter)
canton (plural Orte; also neuter)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German ort (“point (of a tool or weapon), corner, end point, boundary, border, site, place”), from Old High German ort (“point, tip, corner”) (8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”).
awl
point (of a weapon), tip
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German ort (“point (of a tool or weapon), corner, end point, boundary, border, site, place”), from Old High German ort (“point, tip, corner”) (8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”).
end, limit
end of a shaft or adit
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German ort (“point (of a tool or weapon), corner, end point, boundary, border, site, place”), from Old High German ort (“point, tip, corner”) (8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”).
quarter of various units of measure: of a Reichstaler (coin)
quarter of various units of measure: of a Quent (unit of mass)
quarter of various units of measure: of a Kanne, Pfanne, Maß (unit of volume)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Low German ort (“leftover, remainder, small part, fragment”), from Middle Low German orte (“refuse to eat”), ultimately corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- + *etan. Cognate with English ort (“scrap of food, leftover”), Middle High German urez, German uräß.
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