Dorn
English
editEtymology
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Proper noun
editDorn (plural Dorns)
- A surname.
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editDorn m (mixed or strong, genitive Dornes or Dorns, plural Dornen or (colloquial) Dörner or (jargon) Dorne, diminutive Dörnchen n or Dörnlein n)
- (botany, also figuratively) thorn (with plural Dornen or Dörner)
- Ein Kaktus hat keine Stacheln, sondern Dornen, während eine Rose keine Dornen, sondern Stacheln hat.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (botany, poetic) thornbush; clipping of Dornbusch. (with plural Dorne)
- (engineering) bolt (with plural Dorne)
Declension
editDeclension of Dorn [masculine, mixed // strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Dorn | die | Dornen, Dörner2, Dorne3 |
genitive | eines | des | Dornes, Dorns | der | Dornen, Dörner2, Dorne3 |
dative | einem | dem | Dorn, Dorne1 | den | Dornen, Dörnern2 |
accusative | einen | den | Dorn | die | Dornen, Dörner2, Dorne3 |
1Now rare, see notes.
2Colloquial.
3Jargon.
Hyponyms
edit- Rosendorn (“rose thorn”)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- Undorn, Hülsdorn, Weißdorn
- Dornbusch, Dornenbusch, Dorngesträuch, Dornenstrauch
- Dorn im Auge, keine Rose ohne Dornen
Further reading
edit- “Dorn” in Duden online
- “Dorn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Dorn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Dorn” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Hunsrik
editPronunciation
editNoun
editDorn m (nominative plural Derner, diminutive Dernche)
Declension
editDeclension of Dorn
Further reading
edit- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Dorn”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português[1] (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 37
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