Thor
English
Alternative forms
- Þor (rare)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /θɔɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Proper noun
Thor
- (Norse mythology) The god of thunder.
- A male given name occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
Translations
thunder god
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toːr/, [tˢoɐ̯ˀ]
- Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
Proper noun
Thor
- (Norse mythology) Thor.
- A male given name, shortened from compound names beginning with Thor-/Tor-.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toːɐ̯/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
- Homophone: Tor
Noun
Thor (plural Thore)
- Obsolete spelling of Tor which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
- 1837, Matthäus Zeheter, Anleitung zur methodischen Behandlung des Unterrichtes in der deutschen Sprache für deutsche Schulen (Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Regensburg), p.106 (at books.google):
- „So wie sich ein Mohr nicht weiß waschen läßt, so läßt sich auch mancher Thor nicht klug machen.“
- 1837, Matthäus Zeheter, Anleitung zur methodischen Behandlung des Unterrichtes in der deutschen Sprache für deutsche Schulen (Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Regensburg), p.106 (at books.google):
Derived terms
- Thorheit
Norwegian
Related terms
- (surnames) Thorsen
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk:7 934 males with the given name Thor (compared to 22 416 named Tor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
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