Hort

See also: hort, hört, and hòrt

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hort, from Old High German hort, from Proto-Germanic *huzdą. Cognate with English hoard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔrt/, [hɔʁt], [hɔɐ̯t], [hɔːt]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Hort m (strong, genitive Hortes, plural Horte)

1. (literary) shelter, refuge, haven
2. (poetic, otherwise obsolete) hoard, treasure
3. (short for Kinderhort) after-school nursery; kind of childcare commonly attached to primary schools in German-speaking Europe

Declension

Declension of Hort [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hort	die	Horte
genitive	eines	des	Hortes	der	Horte
dative	einem	dem	Hort, Horte1	den	Horten
accusative	einen	den	Hort	die	Horte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Hort” in Duden online
• “Hort” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache