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/, /ˈapˌ(ʔ)ɔʁt/

Noun

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

  1. (dated) toilet, loo
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

From Latin abortus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈbɔʁt/
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Noun

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

  1. (formal, medicine) miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, abort
    Synonym: (usual) Fehlgeburt
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Further reading
  • “Abort” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Abort” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Abort” in Duden online
  • “Abort” in Duden online
  • “Abort” in Duden online
  • Abort on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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