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Dorn.

thorn

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɔʁn/[dɔʁn][dɔɐ̯n]

  1. thorn

    also · figuratively · masculine · mixed · strong
    Ein Kaktus hat keine Stacheln, sondern Dornen, während eine Rose keine Dornen, sondern Stacheln hat.

  2. clipping of Dornbusch (“thornbush”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · masculine · mixed · strong

  3. bolt

    masculine · mixed · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German dorn, from Old High German dorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þornu, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Compare Low German Doorn; Durn (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch); Däörn (Münsterländisch), Dutch doorn, English thorn, Danish torn, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus).

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