Thor

See also: thor, Tor, -þor, Þórr, and Þór

English

Etymology

Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /θɔː/
• (Standard Southern British, Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /θoː/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /θoɹ/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /θɔɾ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophones: thaw (non-rhotic); for (th-fronting); four (th-fronting, horse–hoarse merger)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Proper noun

Thor

1. (Norse mythology and paganism) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.

   Alternative forms: (rare or archaic) Þor, Þórr

   • 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 155:

     So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished.

   • 2020 July 29, Jessie Yeung, “Australia names new species after Deadpool, Thor, and other Marvel favorites”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 November 2025:

     There’s the Thor fly in tribute of the God of Thunder, played in Marvel by Chris Hemsworth. Its scientific name is “Daptolestes bronteflavus,” which is derived from Latin like most scientific names – and translates to “blond thunder.”

2. A male given name from the Germanic languages, occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
3. A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.

Derived terms

• thorate
• thorian
• thoriate
• thoric
• thorite
• thorium
• Thorki
• thoron
• thorotrast
• Thor's hammer
• Thorsman

Related terms

• Thursday
• thunder

Translations

thunder god

• Bengali: থর (bn) (thor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索爾 / 索尔 (zh) (Suó'ěr)

• Danish: Thor, Tor (da)
• Dutch: Donar
• Esperanto: Toro
• Estonian: Thor (et)
• Faroese: Tórur m
• Finnish: Thor, Tor (fi)
• French: Thor (fr) m

  Old French: Tur

• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Tonger

• Galician: Thor m
• Georgian: თორი (ka) (tori)
• German: Thor (de), Donar (de)
• Greek: Θώρ m (Thór)
• Hindi: थॉर m (thŏr)
• Icelandic: Þór (is) m
• Irish: Túr m
• Japanese: トール m (Tōru)
• Korean: 토르 (Toreu)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} Herculēs m, ^{(please verify)} Iuppiter (la) m, Thōrus m (Medieval)
• Latvian: Tors
• Lithuanian: Toras
• Marathi: थॉर m (thŏr)
• Norwegian: Tor (no)
• Old English: Þunor m
• Old Norse: Þórr m
• Portuguese: Thor m, Tor (pt) m
• Russian: Тор (ru) (Tor)
• Spanish: Thor m
• Swedish: Tor (sv) c
• Turkish: Tor (tr)

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索爾 / 索尔 (zh) (suǒ'ěr)

• Danish: Thor
• Icelandic: Þór (is) m
• Marathi: थॉर m (thŏr)
• Norwegian: Tor (no)
• Swedish: Tor (sv) c

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)

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

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Þórr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈto(ː)r/, [ˈt̪o̞(ː)r]
• Rhymes: -or

Proper noun

Thor

1. Thor (Norse god)

   Synonym: Tor

Declension

Inflection of Thor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Thor	—
genitive		Thorin	—
partitive		Thoria	—
illative		Thoriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Thor	—
accusative	nom.	Thor	—
	gen.	Thorin
genitive		Thorin	—
partitive		Thoria	—
inessive		Thorissa	—
elative		Thorista	—
illative		Thoriin	—
adessive		Thorilla	—
ablative		Thorilta	—
allative		Thorille	—
essive		Thorina	—
translative		Thoriksi	—
abessive		Thoritta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Thor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Thorini — accusative nom. Thorini — gen. Thorini genitive Thorini — partitive Thoriani — inessive Thorissani — elative Thoristani — illative Thoriini — adessive Thorillani — ablative Thoriltani — allative Thorilleni — essive Thorinani — translative Thorikseni — abessive Thorittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Thorisi — accusative nom. Thorisi — gen. Thorisi genitive Thorisi — partitive Thoriasi — inessive Thorissasi — elative Thoristasi — illative Thoriisi — adessive Thorillasi — ablative Thoriltasi — allative Thorillesi — essive Thorinasi — translative Thoriksesi — abessive Thorittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Thorimme — accusative nom. Thorimme — gen. Thorimme genitive Thorimme — partitive Thoriamme — inessive Thorissamme — elative Thoristamme — illative Thoriimme — adessive Thorillamme — ablative Thoriltamme — allative Thorillemme — essive Thorinamme — translative Thoriksemme — abessive Thorittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Thorinne — accusative nom. Thorinne — gen. Thorinne genitive Thorinne — partitive Thorianne — inessive Thorissanne — elative Thoristanne — illative Thoriinne — adessive Thorillanne — ablative Thoriltanne — allative Thorillenne — essive Thorinanne — translative Thoriksenne — abessive Thorittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Thorinsa — accusative nom. Thorinsa — gen. Thorinsa genitive Thorinsa — partitive Thoriaan Thoriansa — inessive Thorissaan Thorissansa — elative Thoristaan Thoristansa — illative Thoriinsa — adessive Thorillaan Thorillansa — ablative Thoriltaan Thoriltansa — allative Thorilleen Thorillensa — essive Thorinaan Thorinansa — translative Thorikseen Thoriksensa — abessive Thorittaan Thorittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁ/
• Homophones: tord, tords, tore, tores, tors, tort, torts, taure (one pronunciation), taures (one pronunciation)

Proper noun

Thor m

1. Thor

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːr/, [toːɐ̯], [tɔɐ̯]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• 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)

1. (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)

1. Obsolete spelling of Tor (gate) which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.

Declension

Declension of Thor [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Thor	die	Thore
genitive	eines	des	Thors	der	Thore
dative	einem	dem	Thor	den	Thoren
accusative	ein	das	Thor	die	Thore

Noun

Thor m (weak, genitive Thoren, plural Thoren)

1. 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):

     „So wie sich ein Mohr nicht weiß waschen läßt, so läßt sich auch mancher Thor nicht klug machen.“

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Thor [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Thor	die	Thoren
genitive	eines	des	Thoren	der	Thoren
dative	einem	dem	Thoren	den	Thoren
accusative	einen	den	Thoren	die	Thoren

Derived terms

• Thorheit

Further reading

• “Thor” in Duden online

Icelandic

Proper noun

Thor m (proper noun, genitive singular Thors)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Thor (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Thor
accusative	Thor
dative	Thor
genitive	Thors

Norwegian Bokmål

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
• [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

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
• [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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ/ [ˈtɔh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ/ [ˈtɔh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ/ [ˈtɔχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ɾi/

Proper noun

Thor m

1. (more common) alternative form of Tor