Tor
EnglishEdit
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Etymology 1Edit
Proper nounEdit
Tor
- (computing) Abbreviation of The Onion Routing, an implementation of second-generation onion routing.
Etymology 2Edit
Proper nounEdit
Tor
- Abbreviation of Toronto.
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FinnishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Tor
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of Tor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Tor | — | |
| genitive | Torin | — | |
| partitive | Toria | — | |
| illative | Toriin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Tor | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Tor | — |
| gen. | Torin | ||
| genitive | Torin | — | |
| partitive | Toria | — | |
| inessive | Torissa | — | |
| elative | Torista | — | |
| illative | Toriin | — | |
| adessive | Torilla | — | |
| ablative | Torilta | — | |
| allative | Torille | — | |
| essive | Torina | — | |
| translative | Toriksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Toritta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Tor (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Torini | Torimme |
| 2nd person | Torisi | Torinne |
| 3rd person | Torinsa | |
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GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Thor (obsolete)
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle High German and Old High German tor, from the root of Tür (“door”). Compare English door and Norwegian dør.
NounEdit
Tor n (genitive Tors or Tores, plural Tore)
- gate, archway (passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry)
- gate, door (large doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall)
- Dies ist ein Garagentor, nur ein Ochse parkt davor.
- This is a garage door, only an ox parks in front of it.
- (figuratively) gateway (point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another)
- fool (old-fashioned term for fool)
- (sports) goal, net (area into which the players attempt to put a ball)
- (sports) goal (The act of scoring a goal in sports where doing so is the object)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Tor
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Etymology 2Edit
From Middle High German tōre (literally “hazy, foggy”), from the root of dunst (“haze”).
NounEdit
Tor m (genitive Toren, plural Toren, female Törin)
- (dated or literary) fool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence)
- (Can we date this quote?), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Prometheus"
- Ihr nähret kümmerlich / Von Opfersteuern / Und Gebetshauch / Eure Majestät, / Und darbtet, wären / Nicht Kinder und Bettler / Hoffnungsvolle Thoren.
- Your majesty / Is barely nourished / By sacrificial offerings / And prayerful exhalations, / And should starve / Were children and beggars not / Fools full of Hope.
- (Can we date this quote?), Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven" (german translation by Theodor Etzel)
- Sprach der Rabe: »Nie du Tor.«
- Said the Raven: "Never, you fool."
- Synonym: Narr
- (Can we date this quote?), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Prometheus"
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Declension of Tor
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NorwegianEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse Þórr. The given name is also a spelling variant of Tord, from Þórðr.
Proper nounEdit
Tor
- (Norse mythology) Thor.
- A male given name from Old Norse.
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male given names
female given names
ReferencesEdit
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 416 males with the given name Tor (compared to 7 934 named Thor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
PortugueseEdit
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Tor m
SwedishEdit
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Tor c (genitive Tors)
- (Norse mythology) Thor, god of thunder.
- A male given name from Old Norse, short for names beginning with the Old Norse element Tor-.
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TurkishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Tor
- A male given name