Dorf

Meaning

(neuter,strong) village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
(figuratively,neuter,strong) backwater (remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)

Frequency

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɔrf/

Etymology

From Middle High German dorf, from Old High German dorf, thorph, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą. Doublet of Truppe (English troop). Cognate with Old Dutch thorp (modern Dutch dorp), Old Saxon thorp, Old English þorp (archaic English thorp).

Cognate with Dutch

dorp

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Sentences

Das Dorf wurde kurz darauf aufgegeben .

The village was abandoned shortly thereafter.

Er wurde in seinem Dorf als Gelehrter angesehen .

He was considered a scholar in his village.

Hauptort der Gemeinde ist das Dorf " Mieders ".

The main town of the municipality is the village of "Mieders".

Das Dorf ist eine Sprachinsel der kleinen ethnischen Minderheit der Banater Tschechen .

The village is a linguistic island of the small ethnic minority of the Banat Czechs.

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