Dorf
See also: dorf
German
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).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔrf/, [dɔʁf], [dɔrf], [dɔɐ̯f], [dɔːf]
- In parts of western Germany, the /f/ is commonly voiced to /v/ in derivatives from placenames (like Düsseldorfer, düsseldorfisch), but not in forms of the common noun.
- Rhymes: -ɔʁf
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Noun
Dorf n (strong, genitive Dorfes or Dorfs, plural Dörfer, diminutive Dörfchen n or Dörflein n)
- village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
- 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 551:
- Vor ihnen lag das Dorf mit seinen Strohdächern und dem niedrigen, stumpfen Kirchturm.
- In front of them was the village with its thatched roofs and the small, flat church steeple.
- 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 551:
- (figurative) backwater (remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Declension
Declension of Dorf [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Dorf | die | Dörfer |
genitive | eines | des | Dorfes, Dorfs | der | Dörfer |
dative | einem | dem | Dorf, Dorfe1 | den | Dörfern |
accusative | ein | das | Dorf | die | Dörfer |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Hyponyms
- Bundesdorf, Kirchendorf, Kuhdorf, Runddorf, Rundlingsdorf (= Rundling), Straßendorf
Derived terms
- dörflich
Related terms
- Dorfanger, Dorffest, Dorfmitte, Dorfplatz, Dorftratsch, Dorfältester
- die Kirche im Dorf lassen, böhmische Dörfer, über die Dörfer
See also
- Gemeinde f
- Kaff n
- Stadt f
Further reading
- “Dorf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Dorf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Dorf” in Duden online
Dorf on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Dorf” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.