kurort

See also: Kurort

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kurort, in some cases via Russian куро́рт (kurórt).

Noun

kurort (plural kurorts)

1. A health resort, especially one in a German-speaking country or in the area of the former Soviet Union.
   • 1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 391:

     […] how rotten it must be for her to be shut up in a potty little German kur-ort when the world could be so otherwise amusing […]

   • 1941, Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Penguin 1971 edition, page 121:

     ‘And she loved inventing some rare illness and going to some famous kurort […].’

   • 1972, Donald Olen Cowgill, Lowell Don Holmes, Aging and modernization, page 161:

     […] the Soviet Union. They are known as kurorts and emphasize physical medicine for the most part. In 1965 there were 500 of these kurorts with over 2,000 sanitoria and over 8,000,000 people visited these spas, […]

   • 2002, Matthew Brzezinski, Casino Moscow: A Tale of Greed and Adventure, page 106:

     “In the old days the kurorts were only for company employees,” she explained, using the Russian term for the resorts

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian курорт (kurort), from German Kurort.

Noun

kurort

1. resort, health resort

Declension

Declension of kurort

	singular	plural
nominative	kurort	kurortlar
genitive	kurortnıñ	kurortlarnıñ
dative	kurortqa	kurortlarğa
accusative	kurortnı	kurortlarnı
locative	kurortta	kurortlarda
ablative	kurorttan	kurortlardan

References

• “kurort”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Polish

kurort

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kurort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.rɔrt/

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• Rhymes: -urɔrt
• Syllabification: ku‧rort

Noun

kurort m inan (related adjective kurortowy)

1. health resort (resort, such as a spa, providing services designed to improve people's health)

   Synonyms: (dated) bad, uzdrowisko, zdrojowisko

   Hyponym: spa

2. spa town, resort, holiday park (well-known settlement where a health resort is located)

   Synonyms: uzdrowisko, wczasowisko

Declension

Declension of kurort

	singular	plural
nominative	kurort	kurorty
genitive	kurortu	kurortów
dative	kurortowi	kurortom
accusative	kurort	kurorty
instrumental	kurortem	kurortami
locative	kurorcie	kurortach
vocative	kurorcie	kurorty

Further reading

• kurort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kurort in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of kur (“cure, treatment”) +‎ ort (“place; settlement”). First attested in 1840.

Noun

kurort c

1. health resort, spa with accommodation, with treatments such as sanatorium and mineral water spring

   Synonym: kuranstalt

   • 1856, Dr J. A. Lagerträd, “Sundsvall Vattenkuranstalt åren 1854 och 1855”, in Hygiea: Medicinsk och Farmaceutisk Månadsskrift, volume 5, page 4:

     ‘Patienten skickas nu vanligen handlöst till kurort, ofta i det bedröfligaste tillstånd [...]’

     The patient is now usually sent headlong to a health resort, often in the most deplorable condition [...]

   • 2018 December 6, Frida Grönholm, Dino Jasarovic, Jesper Gunnarsson, “Trollhättan sparar – och åker till kurort”, in Sveriges Radio P4:

     P4 Väst kan nu avslöja att kommunstyrelsens förvaltning i Trollhättan lagt 230 000 kronor på konferensdagar på en kurort, föreläsningar för chefer och nya gardiner. Detta trots att kommunen ska vara mycket restriktiva med inköp.

     P4 Väst can now reveal that the Municipal Executive Office in Trollhättan has spent 230,000 kronor on conference days at a spa resort, lectures for managers, and new curtains. This despite the municipality's supposed strict purchasing policies.

   • 2023 April 8, Cecilia Bäcklund, “Kustpärlan som bara fransmän hittar till”, in Svenska Dagbladet:

     Arcachon förvandlades till kurort på 1800-talet.

     Arcachon transformed into a spa resort in the 19th century.

Declension

Declension of kurort

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kurort	kurorts
	definite	kurorten	kurortens
plural	indefinite	kurorter	kurorters
	definite	kurorterna	kurorternas

See also

• hälsobrunn
• brunnsort
• brunnsdrickning

Further reading

• kurort in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker