das Dorf
noun · /dɔrf/ ·Etymology
From Middle High German dorf, from Old High German dorf, thorph, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą. Doublet of Truppe (English troop). Cognate with Old Dutch thorp (modern Dutch dorp), Old Saxon thorp, Old English þorp (archaic English thorp).
Translation
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village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
neuter, strong
1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 551
In front of them was the village with its thatched roofs and the small, flat church steeple.
Entschuldigung, können Sie mir den Weg zum nächsten Dorf zeigen?
Sorry, but can you show me the way to the next village?
Während des Urlaubs übernachteten meine Schwester und ich in einem kleinen Dorf am Fuße des Fuji.
During the vacation my sister and I stayed at a small village at the foot of Mt. Fuji.
- backwater (remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.) figuratively, neuter, strong
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Dorf | Dörfer |
| Accusative | Dorf | Dörfer |
| Dative | Dorf | Dörfern |
| Genitive | Dorfes | Dörfer |