how to pronounce dorf

/dɔʁf/

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dorf is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of dorf in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… jetzt ich glaube das dorf dass dieser …”

meanings of dorf

noun:

Village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town).
Backwater (remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.).

dorf frequency in german - B1 level of CEFR

the word dorf occurs in german on average 45.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.