Lore
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Short for Eleonore.. See Eleanor.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Lore ?
- a diminutive of the female given name Eleonore
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Laure.
Proper noun edit
Lore f
- a female given name, variant of Laure, equivalent to English Laura
Derived terms edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
19th century, from English lorry.[1]
Noun edit
Lore f (genitive Lore, plural Loren)
- minecart
- a train wagon or locomotive used in the Frisian islands in Germany
- 2010, 8 July, Michael Stoessinger, “Ein Bild von einem Meer”, in: Stern 28
- Nissen hat uns am Morgen mit der Lore auf einem Betriebshof bei Dagebüll abgeholt.
- Nissen picked us up in the morning with the Lore on an industrial ground near Dagebüll.
- 2010, 8 July, Michael Stoessinger, “Ein Bild von einem Meer”, in: Stern 28
Declension edit
Declension of Lore [feminine]
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Lore f (genitive singular Lores or (with an article) Lore)
- a diminutive of the female given names Eleonore or Hannelore
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Lore”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “Lore” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache