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thorn

/θɔːn/ /θɔɹn/

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noun

Dorn

A sharp protective spine of a plant.

Examples :

"The rose bush has a thorn on its stem, so be careful when you pick the flowers. "

Der Rosenbusch hat einen Dorn an seinem Stiel, also sei vorsichtig, wenn du die Blumen pflückst.

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noun

Dorn

Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.

Examples :

"the cockspur thorn"

die Hahnenfuß-Dorn

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noun

Dorn, Stachel, Ärgernis

That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Examples :

"The constant arguing between siblings was a thorn in their mother's side. "

Das ständige Streiten zwischen den Geschwistern war ein Dorn in der Seite ihrer Mutter.

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noun

Buchstabe Þ, þ

A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).

Examples :

"The student struggled to decipher the Old English text, noticing the unfamiliar thorn letter. "

Der Schüler mühte sich ab, den altenglischen Text zu entziffern, und bemerkte dabei den unbekannten Buchstaben Þ.

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verb

Durchbohren, stechen

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Examples :

"The sharp twig thorned my finger, making it bleed. "

Der scharfe Zweig durchbohrte meinen Finger und ließ ihn bluten.

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