# vort
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish וואָרט (vort, “word”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɔɹt/

### Noun

vort (plural vorts)
* (Judaism) A short Torah lesson, thought, or insightful saying, often shared at a wedding, gathering, or celebration.
* (Judaism, by extension) An engagement party in Orthodox Jewish communities.

### See also

* drasha
* chidush
* dvar Torah
* l'chaim

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

From Middle High German vort, from Old High German forth, from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forward”). Cognate with German fort, English forth.

### Adverb

vort
* (Luserna) away

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɒd̥], [vɒd̥]

### Pronoun

vort (formal, neuter, common vor, plural vore)
* (formal) our/ours, neuter of vor

#### See also

| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive |
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | common | neuter | plural |
| Singular | First | – | jeg | mig | min | mit | mine |
| Singular | Second | modern / informal | du | dig | din | dit | dine |
| Singular | Second | formal (uncommon) | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Singular | Third | masculine (person) | han | ham | hans | hans | hans |
| Singular | Third | feminine (person) | hun | hende | hendes | hendes | hendes |
| Singular | Third | common (noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | neuter (noun) | det | det | dets | dets | dets |
| Singular | Third | indefinite | man | en | ens | ens | ens |
| Singular | Third | reflexive | – | sig | sin | sit | sine |
| Plural | First | modern | vi | os | vores | vores | vores |
| Plural | First | archaic / formal | vi | os | vor | vort | vore |
| Plural | Second | – | I | jer | jeres | jeres | jeres |
| Plural | Third | – | de | dem | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Third | reflexive | – | sig | deres | deres | deres |

## Dutch
### Adverb

vort
* Informal form of voort

### Adjective

vort (used only predicatively, comparative meer vort, superlative meest vort)
* (informal) gone, lost, vanished
    Mijn leesbril is vort. ― My reading glasses are lost.
    Tegen de tijd dat de politie arriveerde was hij vort. ― By the time the police arrived, he was gone.

### Interjection

vort
* (informal) go! move!

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *furt, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus.

### Noun

vort m or f
* ford
* escape route

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Alternative forms

* vōort

#### Descendants

* Dutch: voorde f, voord m, (archaic) voort m

### Further reading

* “vort”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vort”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## West Flemish
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch vort, further etymology unclear.

### Adjective

vort (comparative vorter, superlative vortste)
* rotten, spoiled
* dirty