"Tor" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /toːɐ̯/ Audio: De-Tor.ogg
Rhymes: -oːɐ̯ Etymology: From Middle High German and Old High German tor, from Proto-West Germanic *dor, from Proto-Germanic *durą. Etymology templates: {{etymid|de|gate}}, {{root|de|ine-pro|*dʰwer-}}, {{inh|de|gmh|-}} Middle High German, {{inh|de|goh|tor}} Old High German tor, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*dor}} Proto-West Germanic *dor, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*durą}} Proto-Germanic *durą Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s}} Tor n (strong, genitive Tores or Tors, plural Tore) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Tores [genitive], Tors [genitive], Tore [plural], strong [table-tags], Tor [nominative, singular], Tore [definite, nominative, plural], Tores [genitive, singular], Tors [genitive, singular], Tore [definite, genitive, plural], Tor [dative, singular], Tore [dative, singular], Toren [dative, definite, plural], Tor [accusative, singular], Tore [accusative, definite, plural], Thor [alternative, obsolete]
  1. gate, archway (passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Tor-de-noun-VIV2~eVr Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 24 11 25 19 17 5
  2. gate, door (large doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Tor-de-noun-RF5dNT5a Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 24 11 25 19 17 5
  3. (figurative) gateway (point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another) Tags: figuratively, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Tor-de-noun-En4-fDB7 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 24 11 25 19 17 5
  4. (sports) goal, net (area into which the players attempt to put a ball) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Tor-de-noun-xcW4cWsz Categories (other): Sports, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 24 11 25 19 17 5 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (sports) goal (The act of scoring a goal in sports where doing so is the object) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Tor-de-noun-5TSPwfc6 Categories (other): Sports, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 24 11 25 19 17 5 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Eigentor [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Fußballtor [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Gegentor [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Handballtor [sports, hobbies, lifestyle] Hyponyms (gate): Fluttor, Himmelstor, Hoftor, Scheunentor, Schleusentor, Sternentor Derived forms: torarm
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'gate': 47 46 7 0 0 Related terms: Torchance [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Tordifferenz [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Tordrang [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torecke [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torerfolg [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torgarant [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], torgefährlich [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torgefährlichkeit [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torgelegenheit [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torhunger [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], torhungrig [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torhüter [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torinstinkt [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torjäger [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torkreis [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torlinie [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torlinientechnik [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torlinientechnologie [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], torlos [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Tormöglichkeit [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Tornetz [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torpfeiler [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torpfosten [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torraum [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torraumlinie [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], torreich [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torrichter [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torschuss [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torschütze [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Torwart [sports, hobbies, lifestyle]

Noun

IPA: /toːɐ̯/ Audio: De-Tor.ogg
Rhymes: -oːɐ̯ Etymology: From Middle High German tōre (literally “hazy, foggy”), from the root of Dunst (“haze”). Cognate with Swedish dåre (from Low German). Etymology templates: {{etymid|de|fool}}, {{inh|de|gmh|tōre|lit=hazy, foggy}} Middle High German tōre (literally “hazy, foggy”), {{cog|sv|dåre}} Swedish dåre Head templates: {{de-noun|m.weak|f=^in}} Tor m (weak, genitive Toren, plural Toren, feminine Törin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}} Forms: Toren [genitive], Toren [plural], Törin [feminine], weak [table-tags], Tor [nominative, singular], Toren [definite, nominative, plural], Toren [genitive, singular], Toren [definite, genitive, plural], Toren [dative, singular], Toren [dative, definite, plural], Toren [accusative, singular], Toren [accusative, definite, plural], Thor [alternative, obsolete]
  1. (dated or literary) fool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence) Tags: dated, literary, masculine, weak Synonyms: Narr Related terms: Torheit (english: folly; foolishness) [feminine], töricht (english: foolish)
    Sense id: en-Tor-de-noun-de:fool
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "30 11 33 13 15",
      "word": "torarm"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "47 46 7 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "30 11 33 13 15",
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        "lifestyle"
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      "topics": [
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "Torjäger"
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    {
      "_dis1": "30 11 33 13 15",
      "topics": [
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "Torkreis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "30 11 33 13 15",
      "topics": [
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "Torlinie"
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    {
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      "topics": [
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Torlinientechnik"
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    {
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      "topics": [
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "Torlinientechnologie"
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    {
      "_dis1": "30 11 33 13 15",
      "topics": [
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        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "torlos"
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    {
      "_dis1": "30 11 33 13 15",
      "topics": [
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "Tormöglichkeit"
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      "word": "Tornetz"
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      "topics": [
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        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "Torpfeiler"
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    {
      "_dis1": "30 11 33 13 15",
      "topics": [
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Torpfosten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "30 11 33 13 15",
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        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Torraum"
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    {
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      "topics": [
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "Torraumlinie"
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        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "torreich"
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    {
      "_dis1": "30 11 33 13 15",
      "topics": [
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Torrichter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "30 11 33 13 15",
      "topics": [
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Torschuss"
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    {
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      "topics": [
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "Torschütze"
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        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "Torwart"
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          "english": "This is a garage door, only an ox parks in front of it.",
          "text": "Dies ist ein Garagentor, nur ein Ochse parkt davor.",
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        {
          "text": "Cham, das Tor zum Bayerwald - Cham, the gateway to the Bavarian Forest"
        }
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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        "goal, net (area into which the players attempt to put a ball)"
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        "(sports) goal (The act of scoring a goal in sports where doing so is the object)"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-oːɐ̯"
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}

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          "text": "2nd half of the 18th century, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Prometheus (transl. \"Prometheus\")",
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      "form": "Thor",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.weak",
        "f": "^in"
      },
      "expansion": "Tor m (weak, genitive Toren, plural Toren, feminine Törin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.weak"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "folly; foolishness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "folly; foolishness",
      "word": "Torheit"
    },
    {
      "english": "foolish",
      "translation": "foolish",
      "word": "töricht"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German dated terms",
        "German literary terms",
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              68,
              74
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Indeed! He serves you in a peculiar way. The drink and food of fools is not of this earth.",
          "ref": "1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Prolog im Himmel”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:",
          "text": "Fuͤrwahr! er dient euch auf beſondre Weiſe. / Nicht irdiſch iſt des Thoren Trank noch Speiſe.",
          "translation": "Indeed! He serves you in a peculiar way. The drink and food of fools is not of this earth.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Your majesty / Is barely nourished / By sacrificial offerings / And prayerful exhalations, / And should starve / Were children and beggars not / Fools full of Hope.",
          "roman": "Ihr nähret kümmerlich / Von Opfersteuern / Und Gebetshauch / Eure Majestät, / Und darbtet, wären / Nicht Kinder und Bettler / Hoffnungsvolle Thoren.",
          "text": "2nd half of the 18th century, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Prometheus (transl. \"Prometheus\")",
          "translation": "Your majesty / Is barely nourished / By sacrificial offerings / And prayerful exhalations, / And should starve / Were children and beggars not / Fools full of Hope.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Said the Raven: \"Never, you fool.\"",
          "ref": ", Edgar Allan Poe, \"The Raven\" (German translation by Theodor Etzel)",
          "text": "Sprach der Rabe: »Nie du Tor.«",
          "translation": "Said the Raven: \"Never, you fool.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated or literary) fool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "de:fool"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Narr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "literary",
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/toːɐ̯/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oːɐ̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Thor"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Tor.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/De-Tor.ogg/De-Tor.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/De-Tor.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tor"
}

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