Neuter
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.)
Concepts
Village
human habitation
agricultural community
farm village
one’s origins
one’s upbringing
one’s past
Synonyms
Marktflecken
Milchkanne
letztes Loch
Kuhkaff
Posemukel
Landgemeinde
Bauerndorf
Dorfgemeinschaft
Pusemuckel
kleine Stadt
Frequency
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).
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