dorf

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UK/ˈdɔːf/US/ˈdɔɹf/

noun

A village in a German-speaking area.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

dorf1

noundorf (plural dorfs)

plural dorfs

  1. A village in a German-speaking area.

    This dorf contained some forty dwellings.

    1845, Jeptha Root Simms, History of Schoharie County and Border Wars of New York: […] , Albany: Munsell & Tanner, printers, page 48
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    So, all things considered, we were not very cheerful at first; but when the mist got higher and the day got brighter, and particularly after we left the first little dorf.

    1853, Thomas Carlyle, Fraser's Magazine, page 280

dorf2

noundorf (plural dorfs)

plural dorfs

  1. term of disparagementfreak.

    "We only got one goddamn Tek chip, asshole," a teenage girl was saying in a thin nasal voice. “And you dorfs promised me first turn.”

    2014, William Shatner, Tek Net, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    "So? What'a you want? That's stupid! You dorf! Yeah . . . okay. I'll see you when I get there. Get off my back, will you?" When you tell him that's no way to talk to a friend, he looks at you as though you're from another planet.

    1989, Toni Sortor, Lord, don't you get frustrated with teenagers too?, Fleming H Revell Co, →ISBN

    He walked next to me on his knees, mimicking my gait. His face was down at my level, spit bubbling at the corner of his mouth. “I'm a dorf too!”

    2010, Julie Genovese, Nothing Short of Joy, →ISBN, page 10
  2. broadlyhumorousA dwarf.

Origin

dorf · noun

  1. Yiddishדאָרף
  2. GermanDorf
  3. Englishdorf

In some cases from German Dorf and in others from the cognate Yiddish דאָרף (dorf). Doublet of dorp and thorp.

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dorf · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*dwergaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*dwerg
  3. Old Englishdweorg
  4. Middle Englishdwergh
  5. Englishdwarf
  6. Englishdorf

Changed from dwarf.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

dorf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorf

MLA

“dorf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorf. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dorf,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorf.

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