dorf

See also: Dorf

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːf/
Audio (southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔɹf/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f

Etymology 1

In some cases from German Dorf and in others from the cognate Yiddish דאָרף‎ (dorf). Doublet of dorp and thorp.

Noun

dorf (plural dorfs)

A village in a Germanic-speaking area.
- 1845, Jeptha Root Simms, History of Schoharie County and Border Wars of New York: […] , Albany, Munsell & Tanner, printers, page 48:
  This dorf contained some forty dwellings.
- 1853, Thomas Carlyle, Fraser's Magazine, page 280:
  So, all things considered, we were not very cheerful at first; but when the mist got higher and the day got brighter, and particularly after we left the first little dorf.

Etymology 2

Changed from dwarf.

Noun

dorf (plural dorfs)

Term of disparagement; freak.
- 1989, Toni Sortor, Lord, don't you get frustrated with teenagers too?, Fleming H Revell Co, →ISBN:
  "So? What'a you want? That's stupid! You dorf! Yeah . . . okay. I'll see you when I get there. Get off my back, will you?" When you tell him that's no way to talk to a friend, he looks at you as though you're from another planet.
- 2010, Julie Genovese, Nothing Short of Joy, →ISBN, page 10:
  He walked next to me on his knees, mimicking my gait. His face was down at my level, spit bubbling at the corner of his mouth. “I'm a dorf too!”
- 2014, William Shatner, Tek Net, →ISBN:
  "We only got one goddamn Tek chip, asshole," a teenage girl was saying in a thin nasal voice. “And you dorfs promised me first turn.”
Humorous, by extension; A dwarf.

Anagrams

Ford, ford

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German dorf, from Old High German thorph, thorf, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą (“village”). Cognate with German Dorf, English thorp.

Noun

dorf n

village

References

“dorf” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.