ror

See also: ROR, rór, rör, and rør

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German roder, from Old Saxon rōthar, from Proto-West Germanic *rōþr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roːr/, [ʁoɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

ror n (singular definite roret, plural indefinite ror)

1. rudder

Inflection

Declension of ror

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ror	roret	ror	rorene
genitive	rors	rorets	rors	rorenes

Verb

ror

1. present of ro

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German roder, from Old Saxon *rōthar, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą.

Noun

ror n (definite singular roret, indefinite plural ror, definite plural rora or rorene)

1. (nautical, aviation) a rudder
2. (nautical) the helm

Derived terms

• balanseror

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ror

1. present of ro

References

• “ror” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German roder, from Old Saxon *rōthar, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą.

Noun

ror n (definite singular roret, indefinite plural ror, definite plural rora)

1. (nautical, aviation) a rudder
2. (nautical) the helm

Derived terms

• balanseror

References

• “ror” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Rohr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rôːr/
• Hyphenation: ror

Noun

rȏr m (Cyrillic spelling ро̑р)

1. (regional) oven, stove
2. (regional) stovepipe

Declension

Declension of ror

	singular	plural
nominative	ror	rorovi
genitive	rora	rorova
dative	roru	rorovima
accusative	ror	rorove
vocative	rore	rorovi
locative	roru	rorovima
instrumental	rorom	rorovima

References

• “ror” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Southwestern Dinka

Etymology

Cognate with Northwestern Dinka rɛr.

Noun

ror (plural ruɔr, locative roor)

1. forest, deserted place
2. foreign country

References

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[1], 2005

Swedish

Verb

ror

1. present indicative of ro

Volapük

Etymology

From English roar.

Noun

ror (nominative plural rors)

1. roar

Declension

declension of ror

	singular	plural
nominative	ror	rors
genitive	rora	roras
dative	rore	rores
accusative	rori	roris
vocative 1	o ror!	o rors!
predicative 2	roru	rorus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

• rorön