Dorf.
village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
Meaning & usage
village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
backwater (remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
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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