Pore

See also: pore, porę, póré, pôre, -pore, and поре

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porus. Pfeifer explains the change in gender as a backformation of the plural Poren in the second half of 18th century. Kluge says it was borrowed in the 15th century, presumably referring to earlier plural use.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Pore f (genitive Pore, plural Poren)

1. pore (tiny opening in skin)
2. (by extension) pore (tiny openings in other materials, especially for fluids)

Declension

Declension of Pore [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pore	die	Poren
genitive	einer	der	Pore	der	Poren
dative	einer	der	Pore	den	Poren
accusative	eine	die	Pore	die	Poren

Derived terms

• feinporig
• grobporig
• porig
• Porling
• Schweißpore

Related terms

• porös

References

• Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Pore”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
• Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Pore”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

• “Pore” in Duden online
• “Pore”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)