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Pforte
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German
Etymology
de :inh gmh:pfort<ety:inh<goh:pforta>> 1
From de gmh pforte, from de goh pforta, from de gmw-pro *portā portal, gateway, from de la porta gateway, passage.
Pronunciation
de /ˈpfɔʁtə/ [ˈpfɔʁtə] [ˈpfɔɐ̯tə] standard
de /ˈfɔʁtə/ northern and central Germany
de forte nonstandard
de De-Pforte.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f ^chen
de literary gate, large door
de Er ging durch die Pforte in den Hof. He went through the gate into the yard.
de Die Pforte des Paradieses fiel zu. The gate of paradise closed shut. 1919 Aleksey Remizov Legenden und Geschichten Kurt Wolff Leipzig https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39175/pg39175-images.html Arthur Luther 9791041904372 fiction
reception area especially in a hospital
de Die Frau an der Pforte hat mir gesagt, in welchem Zimmer du bist. That woman at the reception told me which room you're in.
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Pförtner
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