Tor

Meaning

  1. (neuter, strong) gate, archway (passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry)
  2. (neuter, strong) gate, door (large doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall)
  3. (figuratively, neuter, strong) gateway (point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another)
  4. (neuter, strong) goal, net (area into which the players attempt to put a ball)
  5. (neuter, strong) goal (The act of scoring a goal in sports where doing so is the object)

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

door

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/toːɐ̯/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German and Old High German tor, from Proto-West Germanic *dor, from Proto-Germanic *durą.

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