Dorne
German, noun
Dorne is spelled D-O-R-N-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dorne is a German noun meaning “clipping of Dornbüsche, the plural of Dornbusch (“thornbush”, clipped Dorn)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of Dorn (“bolt”).
What does Dorne mean in English?
noun
- 1
clipping of Dornbüsche, the plural of Dornbusch (“thornbush”, clipped Dorn)
- 2
plural of Dorn (“bolt”)
- 3
archaicdative singular of Dorn (“thorn”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce Dorne?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Dorne in German?
Dorne appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).