ert
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#ERT EritaiCategory:Translingual abbreviations#ERT.
Symbol
ertCategory:Translingual lemmas#ERTCategory:Translingual symbols#ERTCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#ERTCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
See also
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ERT erten, ertin, from Old NorseCategory:English terms derived from Old Norse#ERT erta (“to provoke, incite, tease”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ERT *artijaną (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ERT *h₂erd- (“sharp point, stinger”). Cognate with Icelandic erta (“to irritate”), Norwegian erta (“to taunt”), Swedish ärta (“to tease, jibe”), Old Irish aird (“point, ord, end point”), Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “arrowhead”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle erting, simple past and past participle erted)Category:English lemmas#ERTCategory:English verbs#ERTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT (obsoleteCategory:English obsolete terms#ERT, UKCategory:British English#ERT dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#ERT)
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ERT) To incite; urge on; encourage.
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ERT) To irritate; provoke.
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#ERT) To be eager; hurry.
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ERT) To make as if to strike; argue (with).
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ERT) To strive after; try to obtain.
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#ERT) To strive onward and upward.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#ERTCategory:Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ERT *erctus, equivalent of LatinCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#ERT ērectus. Doublet of erecteCategory:Catalan doublets#ERT, a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ert (feminine erta, masculine plural erts, feminine plural ertes)Category:Catalan lemmas#ERTCategory:Catalan adjectives#ERTCategory:Catalan adjectives with red links in their headword lines#ERTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
Further reading
- “ert”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Faroese
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse#ERTCategory:Faroese terms derived from Old Norse#ERT ert, est. Cognate with Icelandic ert, Swedish äst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛɹt/, [ɛɻ̊ʈ]Category:Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation#ERT
- in the phrase "ert tú": IPA(key): /ɛɹt tʰʉuː/, [ˈɛɻ̊ʈʉuː]Category:Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation#ERT
Verb
ertCategory:Faroese non-lemma forms#ERTCategory:Faroese verb forms#ERTCategory:Faroese entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
- (you) are, second-person present singular of vera (to be)
- tú ert vøkur ― you (f) are beautifulCategory:Faroese terms with usage examples#ERT
- tú ert vakur ― you (m) are beautifulCategory:Faroese terms with usage examples#ERT
- ert tú giftur? ― are you (m) married?Category:Faroese terms with usage examples#ERT
- ert tú gift? ― are you (f) married?Category:Faroese terms with usage examples#ERT
- ert tú ...? ― are you ...?Category:Faroese terms with usage examples#ERT
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse#ERTCategory:Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse#ERT ert, est. Akin to Old English eart (English thou art), Swedish äst.
Pronunciation
Verb
ertCategory:Icelandic non-lemma forms#ERTCategory:Icelandic verb forms#ERTCategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
- you are, second-person of vera (meaning "to be")
Derived terms
Ladin
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Ladin terms derived from Latin#ERT ars, artis.
Noun
ert m (plural erc)Category:Ladin lemmas#ERTCategory:Ladin nouns#ERTCategory:Ladin entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Ladin masculine nouns#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
Middle English
Etymology 1
Verb
ertCategory:Middle English alternative forms#ERTCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
- alternative form of art: second-person singular present of been (“to be”)Category:Middle English second-person singular forms#ERT
Etymology 2
Noun
ertCategory:Middle English alternative forms#ERTCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
- alternative form of herte (“heart”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#ERT ertr (“peas”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ert f or m (definite singular erta or erten, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#ERTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#ERTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns#ERTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#ERTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
- a pea (plant and vegetable)
Derived terms
References
- “ert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#ERTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#ERT ertr f pl, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#ERTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ERT *arwīts (“pea”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ert f (definite singular erta, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#ERTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#ERTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
- a pea (plant and vegetable)
Derived terms
References
- “ert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Category:nn:Vegetables#ERTCategory:nn:Legumes#ERTOld French
Alternative forms
Verb
ertCategory:Old French non-lemma forms#ERTCategory:Old French verb forms#ERTCategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
Old Norse
Verb
ertCategory:Old Norse non-lemma forms#ERTCategory:Old Norse verb forms#ERTCategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
Descendants
Some from older variant est.
Scots
Verb
ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle ertin, simple past and past participle ertit)Category:Scots lemmas#ERTCategory:Scots verbs#ERTCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
- alternative form of airt (“to incite”)
References
- “ert, v. tr.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Swedish
Pronoun
ertCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#ERTCategory:Swedish pronoun forms#ERTCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ERTCategory:Pages with entries#ERTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#ERT
- (possessive) neuter of er; your, yours (possessed by the multiple individuals addressed, of one neuter-gender thing (or possessed by the single individual addressed, if used as a polite pronoun))
- Synonyms: (informal) erat, (formal, archaic) edert
- Är det här er(a)t pussel, pojkar?
- Is this your jigsaw puzzle, boys? ["Erat" is also common in casual speech]
- Valet är ert, pojkar
- The choice is yours, boys ["Erat" would be uncommon here, perhaps due to "The choice is yours" being an idiomatic phrase that settled on ert]
Declension
| Number | Person | nominative | oblique | possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | neuter | plural | |||||
| singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
| second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
| third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
| feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
| gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
| common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
| neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
| indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
| reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
| plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
| second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
| archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
| third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
| reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
References
- “er”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “er”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “er”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
