Masculine
Dorn
Meaning
- (also,figuratively,masculine,mixed,strong) thorn (with plural Dornen or Dörner)
- (masculine,mixed,poetic,strong) thornbush; clipping of Dornbusch. (with plural Dorne)
- (masculine,mixed,strong) bolt (with plural Dorne)
Concepts
Synonyms
Hauptbalken
spitzer Gegenstand
Lochdorn
Locheisen
Nadelspitze
Pressstempel
Spikes
Dornenstrauch
Fräsdorn
Aufnahmedorn
Pflanzenstachel
Lochstempel
Dornstrauch
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɔʁn/
Etymology
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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