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tör

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tör

  1. (transitive) to break
    Middle-voice counterpart: törik
  2. (intransitive) to strive for something (-ra/-re)
    • 1832 (original), 1942 (translation), Goethe, Faust, translation by Zoltán Jékely:
      Kicsoda vagy tehát? / Az erő része, mely / örökké rosszra tör, s örökké jót mível.
      Who art thou, then? / Part of that Power, not understood, / Which always wills the Bad, and always works the Good.

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References

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  1. ^ tör in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • tör in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish þora, þøra, þura, from Old Norse þora, of unknown origin. Doublet of töras ("to dare"). Cognate with Old Danish thoræ, thuræ, tørre.

Verb

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tör

  1. present of torde

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *tȫr (honorary place in the house). Doublet of dör.

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Noun

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tör (definite accusative törü, plural törler)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) seat of honor