Thor

See also thor

English

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Etymology

Representing Old Norse Þórr (Swedish Tor); cognate with Old English þunor.

Proper noun

Thor

1. (Norse mythology) The god of thunder.
2. A male given name occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.

Translations

thunder god

• Danish: Thor (da), Tor (da)
• Dutch: Donar (nl)
• Estonian: Thor (et)
• Faroese: Tórur (fo) m
• Finnish: Thor (fi), Tor (fi)
• German: Thor (de), Donar (de)
• Greek: Θώρ (el) (Thór) m
• Icelandic: Þór (is) m
• Irish: Túr (ga) m

• Latvian: Tors (lv)
• Lithuanian: Toras (lt)
• Marathi: थॉर (mr) (thǒra) m
• Norwegian: Tor (no)
• Old French: Tur
• Russian: Тор (ru) (Tor)
• Swedish: Tor (sv) c
• West Frisian: Tonger (fy)

male given name

• Danish: Thor (da)
• Icelandic: Þór (is) m
• Marathi: थॉर (mr) (thǒra) m

• Norwegian: Tor (no)
• Swedish: Tor (sv) c

Anagrams

• Roth, thro, thro'

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /toːr/, [tˢoɐ̯ˀ]

Proper noun

Thor

1. (Norse mythology) Thor.
2. 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

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German

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /toːɐ̯/
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
• Homophone: Tor

Proper noun

Thor

1. (Norse mythology) Thor, God in Norse mythology.

Related terms

• (male given names): Thorsten, Torben, Torsten

Noun

Thor (plural Thore)

1. Obsolete spelling of Tor.

Derived terms

• Thorheit

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Thor

1. 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 82-521-4483-7
• [1] 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.