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.
- 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 |