noun
village
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Dorf means village. It's a neuter noun (das Dorf) with plural Dörfer (note umlaut change). Declension: genitive des Dorfes / der Dörfer. Common prepositional uses: im Dorf (in dem), auf dem Dorf (in rural speech). Regular patterns except the vowel change in plural.
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Ich wohne in einem kleinen Dorf.
I live in a small village.
Das Dorf liegt in den Bergen.
The village is located in the mountains.
Der Bus fuhr ins Dorf, weil dort die jährliche Messe stattfand.
The bus drove into the village because the annual fair was taking place there.
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Picture a small cluster of houses with a church steeple labeled 'Dorf'.
Sounds like 'dorf' ~ 'dorf' no English exact match; imagine 'door-f' as a small doorway to a village.
das — think 'das Dorf' (neuter like many place names).
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Dorf is neuter. Many small place nouns are neuter; plural is Dörfer.