דאָרף

See also: דאַרף‎ and דארף‎

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German dorf (compare German Dorf), from Proto-West Germanic *þorp (compare archaic English thorp, thorpe, Icelandic þorp).

Noun

דאָרף • (dorf) n, plural דערפֿער‎ (derfer), diminutive דערפֿל‎ (derfl)

Coordinate terms

דערפֿל‎ (derfl, “small village”)
שטעטל‎ (shtetl, “small town, townlet”)
שטאָט‎ (shtot, “city, (large) town”)

Derived terms

דאָרפֿיש‎ (dorfish)
דאָרפֿמאַן‎ (dorfman)

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