דאָרף

See also: דאַרף and דארף

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German dorf (compare German Dorf), from Proto-West Germanic *þorp (compare archaic English thorp, thorpe, Icelandic þorp).

Noun

דאָרף • (dorf) n, plural דערפֿער (derfer), diminutive דערפֿל (derfl)

1. village
2. countryside

Coordinate terms

• דערפֿל (derfl, “small village”)
• שטעטל (shtetl, “small town, townlet”)
• שטאָט (shtot, “city, (large) town”)

Derived terms

• דאָרפֿיש (dorfish)
• דאָרפֿמאַן (dorfman)