Neuter

Dorf

Meaning

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

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

doorf

Zürich

Zürich

dorf

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɔrf/
Etymology

In summary

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).

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