vart
English
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Noun
vart (plural varts)
Czech
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vaɻ̊ʈ]
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɒrt]
- Hyphenation: vart
- Homophone: varrt
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrt/, [ˈʋɑrd]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrt/, [ˈʋɑrd̥]
- Rhymes: -ɑrt
- Hyphenation: vart
Postposition
vart (+ partitive)
- for
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 1:
- Bukvari iƶoroin şkouluja vart.
- A primer for Ingrian schools.
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
- Sitä vart, jot hyväst saavva tolkku ympäröiväst paikast, pittää tuntaa löytää pooli ja matka, tuntaa katsoa paikan plaanua.
- For this, to understand the surrounding area well, one has to be able to find the direction and the distance, to be able to look at the map of the area.
- because of
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon fard, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz. Compare Middle Dutch vāert, Middle High German vart.
Further reading
- "vārt" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑrt/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑrt/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑːrt/
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑːrt/
Participle
vart (definite singular and plural varte)
References
- “vart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fardi, whence also Old English fierd, Old Norse ferð.
Descendants
- German: Fahrt
Old Norse
Verb
vart
References
- “vart”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Swedish
Polabian
Etymology
From Middle Low German wert (“host”), from Old Saxon werd, from Proto-Germanic *werduz.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvart/, /ˈvɑːrt/, [ˈvaʈː], [ˈvɑːʈ]
- Rhymes: -ɑːʈ
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish hvart, shortened form of var-åt, "towards where".
Adverb
vart
Usage notes
Often not clearly separated from var in (sense 2) by native speakers (to the point where the standard usage has to be learned). Degree of preference for vart over var in the sense of "where?" varies by dialect.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vart
Usage notes
Often not intuitively connected to varda in (sense 1.1) by speakers, though etymologically connected.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.