Masculine
Dorn
Meaning
- (also, figuratively, masculine, mixed, strong) thorn (with plural Dornen or Dörner)
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, masculine, mixed, poetic, strong) clipping of (with plural Dorne) Dornbusch (“thornbush”)
- (masculine, mixed, strong) bolt (with plural Dorne)
Concepts
Synonyms
Hauptbalken
spitzer Gegenstand
Lochdorn
Locheisen
Pressstempel
Dornenstrauch
Fräsdorn
Aufnahmedorn
Pflanzenstachel
Lochstempel
Dornstrauch
épine
espina
spina
doorn
espina
espinho
αγκάθι
dikenFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɔʁn/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German dorn, from Old High German dorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þornu, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Compare Low German Doorn; Durn (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch); Däörn (Münsterländisch), Dutch doorn, English thorn, Danish torn, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus).
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