Polyglot Dictionary

Tor

/toːɐ̯/

das noun A2

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 Tore

Meaning

  1. gate

  2. goal (in sports)

    • Er schoss das entscheidende Tor.

      He scored the decisive goal.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

pforte

Pforte is smaller and more formal, like a garden or monastery gate; Tor is larger, like a city gate, and can also mean a goal in football.

Tür

A Tor is a large gate or gateway — for a building's driveway, a stadium, or a city wall. Tür is an ordinary, human-sized door.

Similar in other languages

French

portail

portail is the French word for the same thing — both mean "gate."

French

porte d'embarquement

porte d'embarquement is the French word for the same thing — both mean "gate."

Practice

1 What does Tor mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ zum Schloss war verschlossen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Tor?

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