urt

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

• IPA^(key): /urt/, [ˈuɐ̯d̥]

urt c (singular definite urten, plural indefinite urter)

1. herb

• “urt” in Den Danske Ordbog

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).

• IPA^(key): /ʊɻ̊ʈ/

urt f (genitive singular urtar, plural urtir)

1. wort, herb, haulm

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

urt f (genitive singular urtar, uncountable)

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

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

urt f (genitive singular urtar, plural urtir)

1. egg deposition, the eggs, a bird lays

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

• urpt

• IPA^(key): /ʏr̥t/
• Rhymes: -ʏr̥t

urt f (genitive singular urtar, nominative plural urtir)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of jurt

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

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).

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

1. a herb

• johannesurt
• malurt
• seiersurt
• urtemedisin
• urtete

• “urt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse urt.

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

1. a herb

• bulmeurt
• johannesurt
• malurt
• urtemedisin
• urtete

• “urt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.