Thorn

See also: thorn and þorn

English

Alternative forms

• Thorne

Proper noun

Thorn

1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a thorn bush.
2. A place name:
   1. A hamlet in Houghton Regis parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0024).
   2. A village in Maasgouw municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.
   3. An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.
   4. Former name of Whitethorn, Humboldt County, California.

Anagrams

• North, Rt Hon, Rt. Hon., north

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as tornensi monasterio in 1007. Etymology uncertain. Potentially linked to Old Dutch turn (“high building, tower”) (derived in turn from Latin turris (“tower”)). The toponym has also been linked to Doornik/Tournai in Belgium. Not related to the English toponym Thorne.

See also Limburgish Toear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔrn/

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• Hyphenation: Thorn
• Rhymes: -ɔrn
• Homophone: torn

Proper noun

Thorn n

1. A city and former municipality of Maasgouw, Limburg, Netherlands.

   Synonym: 't Geitebokkeriek (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Thornenaar
• Thorns

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “thorn”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology 1

From English thorn from Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, þyrn (“thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Noun

Thorn m (strong, genitive Thorns, plural Thorns)

1. Þ, thorn (letter)

Declension

Declension of Thorn [masculine, strong]

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

Etymology 2

From Middle High German Thorun, from Latin Thorun (see also Thorunenses) (1251).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Thorn n (proper noun, genitive Thorns or (optionally with an article) Thorn)

1. Toruń (a city in Poland)

Further reading

• “Thorn” in Duden online