Dorf

See also: dorf

German

Etymology

From Middle High German dorf, from Old High German dorf, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, akin to Old Saxon thorp. Compare English troop and archaic English thorp.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔrf/, [dɔɐ̯f], [dɔrf]
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  • Rhymes: -ɔʁf

Noun

Dorf n (genitive Dorfes or Dorfs, plural Dörfer, diminutive Dörfchen n or Dörflein n)

  1. village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
    • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 551:
      Vor ihnen lag das Dorf mit seinen Strohdächern und dem niedrigen, stumpfen Kirchturm.
      In front of them was the village with its thatched roofs and the small, flat church steeple.
  2. (figuratively) backwater (remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)

Declension
Declension of Dorf
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Dorf die Dörfer
genitive eines des Dorfes,
Dorfs		 der Dörfer
dative einem dem Dorf,
Dorfe1		 den Dörfern
accusative ein das Dorf die Dörfer
1Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms
Derived terms

See also

Further reading
  • Dorf in Duden online
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