Polyglot Dictionary

Dorf

/dɔʁf/

das noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Dörfer

Meaning

  1. village

    • Sie wohnt in einem kleinen Dorf.

      She lives in a small village.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Stadt

A Dorf (village) is small and rural. Stadt covers everything from a small town to a major city — size isn't specified, only that it's urban rather than rural.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

aldeia

aldeia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "village."

Portuguese

vila

vila is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "village."

Practice

1 What does Dorf mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie wohnt in einem kleinen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Dorf?

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