Thor
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɔː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /θɔɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Proper noun
Thor
- (Norse mythology) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.
- 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. , London: Chapman and Hall, , →OCLC, 3rd book, page 155:
- So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
- A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada
Derived terms
Translations
thunder god
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male given name
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Thor
- (Norse mythology) Thor.
- a male given name, shortened from compound names beginning with Thor-/Tor-
Related terms
- (male given names): Thorbjørn, Thorkild, Thorvald, Thyge, Toke, Torben, Torsten, Troels, Tue
- (female given names): Thora, Tove
Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Norse Þórr.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Thor
Declension
| Inflection of Thor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Thor | — | |
| genitive | Thorin | — | |
| partitive | Thoria | — | |
| illative | Thoriin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Thor | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Thor | — |
| gen. | Thorin | ||
| genitive | Thorin | — | |
| partitive | Thoria | — | |
| inessive | Thorissa | — | |
| elative | Thorista | — | |
| illative | Thoriin | — | |
| adessive | Thorilla | — | |
| ablative | Thorilta | — | |
| allative | Thorille | — | |
| essive | Thorina | — | |
| translative | Thoriksi | — | |
| abessive | Thoritta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. Doublet of Donar, itself a learned borrowing from Old High German.
Proper noun
Thor m (proper noun, strong, genitive Thors)
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
Thor n (strong, genitive Thors, plural Thore)
- Obsolete spelling of Tor (gate) which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
Declension
Declension of Thor
Noun
Thor m (weak, genitive Thoren, plural Thoren)
- Obsolete spelling of Tor (fool) 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.“
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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):
Declension
Declension of Thor
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Thor” in Duden online
Icelandic
Proper noun
Thor m
- a male given name
Declension
| Declension of Thor | ||
|---|---|---|
| m-s1 | singular | |
| indefinite | ||
| nominative | Thor | |
| accusative | Thor | |
| dative | Thor | |
| genitive | Thors | |
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Thor
- a male given name, a less common spelling of Tor
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.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Thor m
- a male given name, a less common spelling of Tor
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.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Thor m
- (more common) Alternative form of Tor