See also: Dorf

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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In some cases from German Dorf and in others from the cognate Yiddish דאָרף (dorf). Doublet of dorp and thorp.

Noun

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dorf (plural dorfs)

  1. A village in a German-speaking area.
    • 1845, Jeptha Root Simms, History of Schoharie County and Border Wars of New York: [] , Albany: Munsell & Tanner, printers, page 48:
      This dorf contained some forty dwellings.
    • 1853, Thomas Carlyle, Fraser's Magazine, page 280:
      So, all things considered, we were not very cheerful at first; but when the mist got higher and the day got brighter, and particularly after we left the first little dorf.

Etymology 2

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Changed from dwarf.

Noun

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dorf (plural dorfs)

  1. Term of disparagement; freak.
    • 1989, Toni Sortor, Lord, don't you get frustrated with teenagers too?, Fleming H Revell Co, →ISBN:
      "So? What'a you want? That's stupid! You dorf! Yeah . . . okay. I'll see you when I get there. Get off my back, will you?" When you tell him that's no way to talk to a friend, he looks at you as though you're from another planet.
    • 2010, Julie Genovese, Nothing Short of Joy, →ISBN, page 10:
      He walked next to me on his knees, mimicking my gait. His face was down at my level, spit bubbling at the corner of his mouth. “I'm a dorf too!”
    • 2014, William Shatner, Tek Net, →ISBN:
      "We only got one goddamn Tek chip, asshole," a teenage girl was saying in a thin nasal voice. “And you dorfs promised me first turn.”
  2. Humorous, by extension; A dwarf.

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Mòcheno

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Etymology

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From Middle High German dorf, from Old High German thorph, thorf, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą (village). Cognate with German Dorf, English thorp.

Noun

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dorf n

  1. village

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