Tor
German, noun/toːr/
Tor is spelled T-O-R (3 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written German, the 1,357th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tor is a German neuter noun meaning “gate, archway (passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “großer Zugang, großer Durchgang; bewegliches Bauteil, mit dem dieser Zugang geöffnet und geschlossen werden…”.
What does Tor mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutergate, archway (passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry)
- 2
neutergate, door (large doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall)
Dies ist ein Garagentor, nur ein Ochse parkt davor.
- 3
neutergateway (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
neutergoal, net (area into which the players attempt to put a ball)
- 5
neutergoal (The act of scoring a goal in sports where doing so is the object)
noun
- 1
datedmasculinefool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großer Zugang, großer Durchgang; bewegliches Bauteil, mit dem dieser Zugang geöffnet und geschlossen werden kann; Bauwerk, das einen Durchgang umschließt, meist als Bestandteil eines Eigennamens 2. Trefferzone bei vielen Ballspielarten 3. durch den Schiedsrichter bestätigte Tatsache, dass ein Spieler das Spielgerät (Ball, Scheibe, Ring) regelkonform über die Torlinie des unter [2] genannten Tores untergebracht hat 4. ein durch eingesteckte Stangen markierten Durchgang
noun: 1. Narr
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Tor
- Tores genitive
- Tors genitive
- Tore plural
- Toren dative definite plural
- Thor alternative obsolete
- Törin feminine
- Törchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tor?
- /toːr/
- [tʰoːɐ̯]
- [tʰɔɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tor in German?
Tor appears 63 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).