# Thor
## English
### Alternative forms

* Þor (rare)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /θɔː/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /θɔɹ/
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

### Proper noun

Thor
* (Norse mythology and paganism) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.
** 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.
* A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
* A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada

#### Derived terms

* thorate
* thorian
* thoriate
* thoric
* thorite
* thorium
* thoron
* thorotrast

#### Related terms

* Thursday
* thunder

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Roth, thro, hotr, orth-, hotṛ, thro'

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toːr/, [tˢoɐ̯ˀ]
* Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

### Proper noun

Thor
* (Norse mythology) Thor.
* 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: /ˈto(ː)r/, [ˈt̪o̞(ː)r]
* Rhymes: -or

### Proper noun

Thor
* Thor (Norse god)
    Synonym: Tor

#### Declension

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

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toːr/, [toːɐ̯], [tɔɐ̯]
* Audio:(file)
* 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)
* (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)
* Obsolete spelling of Tor (gate) which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.

##### Declension
#### Noun

Thor m (weak, genitive Thoren, plural Thoren)
* 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)

##### Derived terms

* Thorheit

### Further reading

* “Thor” in Duden online

## Icelandic
### Proper noun

Thor m (proper noun, genitive singular Thors)
* a male given name

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Thor
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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: /ˈtɔʁ/ [ˈtɔh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɔʁ/ [ˈtɔh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈtɔɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈtɔʁ/ [ˈtɔχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɔɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɔɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɔɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɔ.ɾi/

### Proper noun

Thor m
* (more common) Alternative form of Tor