dorf
See also: Dorf
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɔːf/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɔɹf/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f
Etymology 1
editIn some cases from German Dorf and in others from the cognate Yiddish דאָרף (dorf). Doublet of dorp and thorp.
Noun
editdorf (plural dorfs)
- 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
editChanged from dwarf.
Noun
editdorf (plural dorfs)
- 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.”
- Humorous, by extension; A dwarf.
Anagrams
editMòcheno
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German dorf, from Old High German thorph, thorf, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą (“village”). Cognate with German Dorf, English thorp.
Noun
editdorf n
References
edit- “dorf” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
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