Hort

See also: hort and hört

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɔʁt/, [hɔʁt], [hɔɐ̯t]

Noun

Hort m (genitive Hortes, plural Horte)

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

Declension

Declension of Hort

	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 uncommon, see notes

Further reading

Hort in Duden online

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