Abort

See also: abort

German

Etymology 1

Originally “remote place”, at first in Middle Low German afort (16th century). The contemporary sense as a euphemism since the 18th century. Analysable as ab (“off, away”) +‎ Ort (“place”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈbɔʁt/, /ˈabɔʁt/

Noun

Abort m (strong, genitive Abortes or Aborts, plural Aborte)

  1. (dated) toilet, loo
    • 2003 February 20, Theo Sommer, “Tagebuchnotizen aus Nordkorea”, in Die Zeit‎, Hamburg, →ISSN:
      Das "Haeju Hotel": So etwas habe ich seit Jahrzehnten nicht mehr erlebt. Finstere Halle, Türkenklo, streng riechend wie schwäbische Aborte vor fünfzig Jahren.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Abort [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Abort die Aborte
genitive eines des Abortes, Aborts der Aborte
dative einem dem Abort, Aborte1 den Aborten
accusative einen den Abort die Aborte

1Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2

From Latin abortus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈbɔʁt/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Abort m (strong, genitive Abortes or Aborts, plural Aborte)

  1. (formal, medicine) miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, abort
    Synonym: (usual) Fehlgeburt
Declension
Declension of Abort [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Abort die Aborte
genitive eines des Abortes, Aborts der Aborte
dative einem dem Abort, Aborte1 den Aborten
accusative einen den Abort die Aborte

1Now rare, see notes.

Descendants
  • → Bulgarian: аборт (abort)
  • → Estonian: abort

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English abort.

Noun

Abort m (strong, genitive Aborts, plural Aborts)

  1. (aeronautics) abort (early termination of a mission)
Declension
Declension of Abort [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Abort die Aborts
genitive eines des Aborts der Aborts
dative einem dem Abort den Aborts
accusative einen den Abort die Aborts

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