tönn

See also: tonn, tónn, and tǫnn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʰœnː/
    Rhymes: -œnː

Noun

tönn f (genitive singular tannar, nominative plural tennur)

  1. a tooth

Declension
declension of tönn
f-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tönn tönnin tennur tennurnar
accusative tönn tönnina tennur tennurnar
dative tönn tönninni tönnum tönnunum
genitive tannar tannarinnar tanna tannanna

There also exist the variant plural forms tannir and tönnur, but these forms are neither original nor considered standard today, and have now become obsolete.

Derived terms
  • barnatönn (“milk tooth”)
  • falskar tennur f pl (“dentures”)
  • framtönn (“incisor”)
  • höggriftönn (“impact ripper”)
  • jaðartönn (“corner tooth”)
  • mögnunartönn (“exciter tooth”)
  • skaðlegur tönnum (“cariogenic”, adjective)
  • taka tennur (“to be teething, to cut teeth”, verb)
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