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Dorf.

village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)

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Meaning & usage

noun/dɔrf/[dɔʁf][dɔrf][dɔɐ̯f]
  1. village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)

    neuter · strong
  2. backwater (remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)

    figuratively · neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *treb- Proto-Indo-European *trab- Proto-Germanic *þurpą Proto-West Germanic *þorp Old High German dorf Middle High German dorf German Dorf 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).

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