Tor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tor"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔːɹ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɔɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones: taur, tour (pour–poor merger)

Etymology 1

Acronym of The Onion Routing.

Alternative forms

• tor, TOR, T.O.R.

Proper noun

Tor

1. (computing) Acronym of The Onion Routing, an implementation of second-generation onion routing.
   • 2025 January 20, Jacob Sullum, “Why Trump Should Keep His Promise To Free Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht”, in Reason‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 April 2025:

     Two weeks before Ulbricht was sentenced, his lawyer sought to dispel the notion that his website, which enabled people around the world to anonymously buy politically disfavored intoxicants with bitcoin via the Tor network, was "a more dangerous version of a traditional drug marketplace."

Etymology 2

Clipping of Toronto.

Alternative forms

• Tor., TOR, TOR.

Proper noun

Tor

1. Abbreviation of Toronto.

See also

• TOR
• tor
• Torr
• torr
• Tor Tiv

Anagrams

• ORT, OTR, ROT, RTO, TRO, ort, rot

Danish

Alternative forms

• Thor (given name)

Etymology

From Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Faroese Tórur, Icelandic Þór, and Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish Tor.

Proper noun

Tor

1. (Norse mythology and paganism) Thor, a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.
2. a male given name from Old Norse

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Tor

1. (Norse mythology) alternative form of Thor (“Thor”)

Declension

Inflection of Tor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Tor	—
genitive		Torin	—
partitive		Toria	—
illative		Toriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Tor	—
accusative	nom.	Tor	—
	gen.	Torin
genitive		Torin	—
partitive		Toria	—
inessive		Torissa	—
elative		Torista	—
illative		Toriin	—
adessive		Torilla	—
ablative		Torilta	—
allative		Torille	—
essive		Torina	—
translative		Toriksi	—
abessive		Toritta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Torini — accusative nom. Torini — gen. Torini genitive Torini — partitive Toriani — inessive Torissani — elative Toristani — illative Toriini — adessive Torillani — ablative Toriltani — allative Torilleni — essive Torinani — translative Torikseni — abessive Torittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Torisi — accusative nom. Torisi — gen. Torisi genitive Torisi — partitive Toriasi — inessive Torissasi — elative Toristasi — illative Toriisi — adessive Torillasi — ablative Toriltasi — allative Torillesi — essive Torinasi — translative Toriksesi — abessive Torittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Torimme — accusative nom. Torimme — gen. Torimme genitive Torimme — partitive Toriamme — inessive Torissamme — elative Toristamme — illative Toriimme — adessive Torillamme — ablative Toriltamme — allative Torillemme — essive Torinamme — translative Toriksemme — abessive Torittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Torinne — accusative nom. Torinne — gen. Torinne genitive Torinne — partitive Torianne — inessive Torissanne — elative Toristanne — illative Toriinne — adessive Torillanne — ablative Toriltanne — allative Torillenne — essive Torinanne — translative Toriksenne — abessive Torittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Torinsa — accusative nom. Torinsa — gen. Torinsa genitive Torinsa — partitive Toriaan Toriansa — inessive Torissaan Torissansa — elative Toristaan Toristansa — illative Toriinsa — adessive Torillaan Torillansa — ablative Toriltaan Toriltansa — allative Torilleen Torillensa — essive Torinaan Torinansa — translative Torikseen Toriksensa — abessive Torittaan Torittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Related terms

• male given names: Teijo, Torsti, Tuukka, Tuure
• female given names: Tuovi

German

Alternative forms

• Thor (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːr/, [tʰoːɐ̯], [tʰɔɐ̯]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
• Homophone: Thor

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German tor, from Proto-West Germanic *dor, from Proto-Germanic *durą.

Noun

Tor n (strong, genitive Tores or Tors, plural Tore)

1. gate, archway (passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry)
2. gate, door (large doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall)

   Dies ist ein Garagentor, nur ein Ochse parkt davor.

   This is a garage door, only an ox parks in front of it.

3. (figurative) gateway (point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another)

   Cham, das Tor zum Bayerwald - Cham, the gateway to the Bavarian Forest

4. (sports) goal, net (area into which the players attempt to put a ball)
5. (sports) goal (The act of scoring a goal in sports where doing so is the object)

Declension

Declension of Tor [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Tor	die	Tore
genitive	eines	des	Tores, Tors	der	Tore
dative	einem	dem	Tor, Tore1	den	Toren
accusative	ein	das	Tor	die	Tore

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

gate

• Fluttor
• Garagentor
• Himmelstor
• Hoftor
• Scheunentor
• Schleusentor
• Sternentor

sports

• Eigentor
• Fußballtor
• Gegentor
• Handballtor

Derived terms

• torarm

Related terms

sports

• Torchance
• Tordifferenz
• Tordrang
• Torecke
• Torerfolg
• Torgarant
• torgefährlich
• Torgefährlichkeit
• Torgelegenheit
• Torhunger
• torhungrig
• Torhüter
• Torinstinkt
• Torjäger
• Torkreis
• Torlinie
• Torlinientechnik
• Torlinientechnologie
• torlos
• Tormöglichkeit
• Tornetz
• Torpfeiler
• Torpfosten
• Torraum
• Torraumlinie
• torreich
• Torrichter
• Torschuss
• Torschütze
• Torwart

Descendants

• → Hebrew: שַׁעַר (shá'ar) (semantic loan)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German tōre, from Old High German *tōro, from Proto-West Germanic *dauʀō (“fool”). Cognate with Swedish dåre (from Low German).

Noun

Tor m (weak, genitive Toren, plural Toren, feminine Törin)

2. (dated or literary) fool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence)

   Synonym: Narr

   • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Prolog im Himmel”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎^[2]:

     Fuͤrwahr! er dient euch auf beſondre Weiſe. / Nicht irdiſch iſt des Thoren Trank noch Speiſe.

     Indeed! He serves you in a peculiar way. The drink and food of fools is not of this earth.

   • 2nd half of the 18th century, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Prometheus (transl. "Prometheus")

     Ihr nähret kümmerlich / Von Opfersteuern / Und Gebetshauch / Eure Majestät, / Und darbtet, wären / Nicht Kinder und Bettler / Hoffnungsvolle Thoren.

     Your majesty / Is barely nourished / By sacrificial offerings / And prayerful exhalations, / And should starve / Were children and beggars not / Fools full of Hope.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven" (German translation by Theodor Etzel)

     Sprach der Rabe: »Nie du Tor.«

     Said the Raven: "Never, you fool."

Declension

Declension of Tor [masculine, weak]

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

Related terms

• Torheit f (“folly; foolishness”)
• töricht (“foolish”)

Further reading

• “Tor” in Duden online
• “Tor” in Duden online
• “Tor”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[3] (in German)
• Tor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Thor, Tord (given name)

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk Þórr. The given name is also a spelling variant of Tord, from Þórðr.

Proper noun

Tor

1. (Norse mythology) Thor.
2. a male given name from Old Norse

Related terms

male given names

• Terje
• Thor
• Thorbjørn
• Thore
• Thorleif
• Torbjørn
• Tord
• Tore
• Torfinn
• Torgeir
• Torleif
• Tormod
• Torstein
• Truls

female given names

• Tone
• Tonje
• Tora
• Torbjørg
• Tordis
• Torhild
• Toril
• Torild
• Torill
• Torunn
• Tove
• Turid
• Tuva

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [4] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 416 males with the given name Tor (compared to 7 934 named Thor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Thor
• Tord (from Þórðr)

Etymology

From Old Norse Þórr. The given name is also a spelling variant of Tord, from Þórðr. Cognate with Faroese Tórur, Icelandic Þór, and Danish and Swedish Tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːr/

Proper noun

Tor m (definite Toren)

1. (Norse mythology and paganism) Thor, a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.
2. a male given name from Old Norse

Derived terms

• Torekall
• torsbilete
• torshamar

Related terms

• thorium
• tora
• tore
• torsdag

male given names

• Targjei
• Tarjei
• Tergje
• Terje
• Thor
• Thorbjørn
• Thore
• Thorleif
• Thorleiv
• Torbjørn
• Tord
• Tore
• Torfinn
• Torgeir
• Torleif
• Torleiv
• Tormod
• Torstein
• Truls

female given names

• Tone
• Tonje
• Tora
• Torbjørg
• Tordis
• Torhild
• Toril
• Torild
• Torill
• Torlaug
• Torrid
• Torunn
• Tove
• Turid
• Tuva

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [5] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 416 males with the given name Tor (compared to 7 934 named Thor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Thor

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Norse Þórr

English Thorbor.

Portuguese Tor

Borrowed from English Thor, from Old Norse Þórr.

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/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʁ, (Portugal) -ɔɾ

Proper noun

Tor m

1. (Norse mythology) Thor (thunder god)

Related terms

• tório

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. Cognate with Faroese Tórur, Icelandic Þór, and Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk Tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːr/

Proper noun

Tor m (genitive Tors)

1. (Norse mythology and paganism) Thor, a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.
2. a male given name from Old Norse, short for names beginning with the Old Norse element Tor-.

Related terms

Thor, god of thunder

• torsdag (“Thursday”)
• torsmånad (“January”)

male given names

• Thorbjörn
• Thord
• Thore
• Thure
• Torbjörn
• Tord
• Tore
• Torgny
• Torkel
• Torsten
• Torvald
• Ture

female given names

• Thyra
• Tora
• Tove
• Tyra

References

• “Tor”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• ort, rot, tro

Turkish

Proper noun

Tor

1. a male given name