Thor

== English == === Alternative forms === Þor (rare) === Etymology === Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɔː/ (General American, Scotland) IPA(key): /θɔɹ/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) === Proper noun === Thor (Norse mythology and paganism) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind. A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia. A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Thursday thunder ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Roth, thro, hotr, orth-, hotṛ, thro' == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse Þórr === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toːr/, [tˢoɐ̯ˀ] Rhymes: -oːɐ̯ === Proper noun === Thor (genitive Thors) (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 === IPA(key): /ˈto(ː)r/, [ˈt̪o̞(ː)r] Rhymes: -or === Proper noun === Thor Thor (Norse god) Synonym: Tor ==== Declension ==== == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toːr/, [toːɐ̯], [tɔɐ̯] Rhymes: -oːɐ̯ Homophone: Tor === 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) (Norse mythology) Thor, a hammer-wielding god in Norse mythology ===== Related terms ===== (male given names): Thorsten, Torben, Torsten === 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 ===== ==== 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): ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Thorheit === Further reading === “Thor” in Duden online == Icelandic == === Proper noun === Thor m (proper noun, genitive singular Thors) a male given name ==== Declension ==== == 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 [2] 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 [3] 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