kurort
kurort noun: a health resort, especially one in a German-speaking country or in the area of the former Soviet Union.
Noun
kurort (plural kurorts)
- A health resort, especially one in a German-speaking country or in the area of the former Soviet Union.
- […] 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 […]1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 391
- ‘And she loved inventing some rare illness and going to some famous kurort […].’1941, Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Penguin 1971 edition, page 121
Examples of kurort in a sentence
- They are known as kurorts and emphasize physical medicine for the most part.1972, Donald Olen Cowgill, Lowell Don Holmes, Aging and modernization, page 161:
- “In the old days the kurorts were only for company employees,” she explained, using the Russian term for the resorts2002, Matthew Brzezinski, Casino Moscow: A Tale of Greed and Adventure, page 106:
Forms of kurort
| plural | kurorts |
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Origin of kurort
Borrowed from German Kurort, in some cases via Russian куро́рт (kurórt).
Questions about kurort
- What does kurort mean?
- Kurort means a health resort, especially one in a German-speaking country or in the area of the former Soviet Union.
- How do you use kurort in a sentence?
- They are known as kurorts and emphasize physical medicine for the most part.
- What part of speech is kurort?
- Kurort is a noun.
- What is the plural of kurort?
- The plural of kurort is kurorts.
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