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dorf

/ˈdɔːf/US/ˈdɔɹf/

dorf noun: a village in a German-speaking area.

Noun (1)

dorf (plural dorfs)

  1. A village in a German-speaking area.
    • This dorf contained some forty dwellings.1845, Jeptha Root Simms, History of Schoharie County and Border Wars of New York: […] , Albany: Munsell & Tanner, printers, page 48
    • 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.1853, Thomas Carlyle, Fraser's Magazine, page 280

Noun (2)

dorf (plural dorfs)

  1. (term of disparagement) freak.
    • "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.1989, Toni Sortor, Lord, don't you get frustrated with teenagers too?, Fleming H Revell Co, →ISBN
    • 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!”2010, Julie Genovese, Nothing Short of Joy, →ISBN, page 10
  2. (broadly, humorous) A dwarf.

Forms of dorf

pluraldorfs

Origin of dorf

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

Changed from dwarf.

Words that rhyme with dorf

Questions about dorf

What does dorf mean?
Dorf means a village in a German-speaking area.
What part of speech is dorf?
Dorf is a noun.
How do you pronounce dorf?
Dorf is pronounced /ˈdɔːf/ (UK).
What is the plural of dorf?
The plural of dorf is dorfs.

Words near dorf in the dictionary

  1. Doren
  2. Dorens
  3. doretinel
  4. dorey
  5. Doreys
  6. dorf
  7. Dorff
  8. Dorffs
  9. DORFic
  10. dorfin
  11. dorflies

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