Thor
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Þor (rare)
EtymologyEdit
Representing Old Norse Þórr (Swedish Tor); cognate with Old English Þunor.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɔː/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /θɔɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Proper nounEdit
Thor
- (Norse mythology) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
thunder god
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male given name
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Thor
- (Norse mythology) Thor.
- A male given name, shortened from compound names beginning with Thor-/Tor-.
Related termsEdit
- (male given names): Thorbjørn, Thorkild, Thorvald, Thyge, Toke, Torben, Torsten, Troels, Tue
- (female given names): Thora, Tove
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. Doublet of Donar
Proper nounEdit
Thor m (genitive Thors)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See at Tor.
NounEdit
Thor m (genitive Thors or Thores, plural Thore)
- Obsolete spelling of Tor 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.“
- 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):
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Thor
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “Thor” in Duden online
NorwegianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Thor
- A male given name, a less common spelling of Tor.
Related termsEdit
- (surnames) Thorsen
ReferencesEdit
- 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.