Meanings
dorf1
plural dorfs
- 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 481 more example
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
plural dorfs
- 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, →ISBN2 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, →ISBNHe 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 - broadlyhumorousA dwarf.
Origin
dorf · noun
- Yiddishדאָרף
- GermanDorf
- Englishdorf
In some cases from German Dorf and in others from the cognate Yiddish דאָרף (dorf). Doublet of dorp and thorp.
More words from German, Yiddish
Full word history & related roots →dorf · noun
- Proto-Germanic*dwergaz
- Proto-West Germanic*dwerg
- Old Englishdweorg
- Middle Englishdwergh
- Englishdwarf
- Englishdorf
Changed from dwarf.
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Cite this entry
dorf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorf
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