Thor
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɔː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /θɔɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Proper noun edit
Thor
- (Norse mythology) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.
- 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book third, page 155:
- So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
- A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
thunder god
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male given name
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Thor
- (Norse mythology) Thor.
- a male given name, shortened from compound names beginning with Thor-/Tor-
Related terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Old Norse Þórr.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Thor
Declension edit
Inflection of Thor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Thor | — | ||
genitive | Thorin | — | ||
partitive | Thoria | — | ||
illative | Thoriin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Thor | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Thor | — | |
gen. | Thorin | |||
genitive | Thorin | — | ||
partitive | Thoria | — | ||
inessive | Thorissa | — | ||
elative | Thorista | — | ||
illative | Thoriin | — | ||
adessive | Thorilla | — | ||
ablative | Thorilta | — | ||
allative | Thorille | — | ||
essive | Thorina | — | ||
translative | Thoriksi | — | ||
abessive | Thoritta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. Doublet of Donar, itself a learned borrowing from Old High German.
Proper noun edit
Thor m (proper noun, strong, genitive Thors)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
Thor n (strong, genitive Thors, plural Thore)
- Obsolete spelling of Tor (gate) which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
Declension edit
Declension of Thor [neuter, strong]
Noun edit
Thor m (weak, genitive Thoren, plural Thoren)
- Obsolete spelling of Tor (fool) which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
- 1837, Matthäus Zeheter, Anleitung zur methodischen Behandlung des Unterrichtes in der deutschen Sprache für deutsche Schulen (Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Regensburg), p.106 (at books.google):
- „So wie sich ein Mohr nicht weiß waschen läßt, so läßt sich auch mancher Thor nicht klug machen.“
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1837, Matthäus Zeheter, Anleitung zur methodischen Behandlung des Unterrichtes in der deutschen Sprache für deutsche Schulen (Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Regensburg), p.106 (at books.google):
Declension edit
Declension of Thor [masculine, weak]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Thor” in Duden online
Icelandic edit
Proper noun edit
Thor m
- a male given name
Declension edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Proper noun edit
Thor
- a male given name, a less common spelling of Tor
Related terms edit
- (surnames) Thorsen
References edit
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk:7 934 males with the given name Thor (compared to 22 416 named Tor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Proper noun edit
Thor m
- a male given name, a less common spelling of Tor
Related terms edit
- (surnames) Thorsen
References edit
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk:7 934 males with the given name Thor (compared to 22 416 named Tor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Thor m
- (more common) Alternative form of Tor