how to pronounce thor

/toːɐ̯/

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the above transcription of thor is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

thor is pronounced in one syllable

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oː

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

“… werde thor gott ich kann euch jedoch …”

meanings of thor

name:

Thor, a hammer-wielding god in Norse mythology.

noun:

Obsolete spelling of Tor which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.

thor frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR

the word thor occurs in german on average 2.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.