tjørn

See also: tjǫrn

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þyrnir m, from Proto-Germanic *þurnijaz, *þurnijǭ, cf. Old English þyrne f. Derived from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn”) (Danish torn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɕɶɐ̯ˀn]

Noun

tjørn c (singular definite tjørnen, plural indefinite tjørne)

1. hawthorn
   • 1982, Dansk dendrologisk årsskrift:

     Den eneste barriere mod hybridisering mellem vore tre hjemhørende tjørne er således tilsyneladende kun af økologisk-bestøvningsbiologisk art (Bradshaw, 1975 og Byatt, 1975 b).

     Thus, the only barrier towards hybridization of our three indigenous hawthorns appears to be of an ecological-pollination-biological type (Bradshaw, 1975 and Bytt, 1975 b).

   • 1991, Løveridderen, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 6:

     Jeg drejede til højre gennem en tyk skov; vejen var slem, fuld af brombærkrat og tjørne.

     I turned right through a thick forest; the path was bad, full of blackberry shrubs and hawthorns.

   • 1970, Danske studier:

     Siversted [Sydslesvig] ses her og der ensomme tjørne vokse ikke alene i et skel, men også inde på marken; disse tjørne ryddes eller fældes ikke.

     In Sieverstedt [Southern Schleswig], here and there may be seen solitary hawthorns growing not only in the boundaries between fields, but also on the field itself; these hawthorns are not cleared or chopped down.

Declension

Declension of tjørn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tjørn	tjørnen	tjørne	tjørnene
genitive	tjørns	tjørnens	tjørnes	tjørnenes

References

• “tjørn” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *ternō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰœtn/, /ˈcʰœtn/

  Rhymes: -œtn

Noun

tjørn f (genitive singular tjarnar, plural tjarnir)

1. a pond

Declension

Declension of tjørn
f3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tjørn	tjørnin	tjarnir	tjarnirnar
accusative	tjørn	tjørnina	tjarnir	tjarnirnar
dative	tjørn	tjørnini	tjørnum, tjarnum	tjørnunum, tjarnunum
genitive	tjarnar	tjarnarinnar	tjarna	tjarnanna

Derived terms

• Tjørnuvík
• tjørnubøka

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tjǫrn f.

Noun

tjørn f or m (definite singular tjørna or tjørnen, indefinite plural tjørner, definite plural tjørnene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by tjern

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tjern n
• tjønn, kjønn, tjødn, kjødn (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse tjǫrn f or tjarn n (“a small mountain lake without tributaries”). Cognates with English tarn and Swedish tjärn.

Noun

tjørn f (definite singular tjørna, indefinite plural tjørner, definite plural tjørnene)

1. a small lake, typically in a forest or mountain area

See also

• innsjø
• vatn

References

• “tjørn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “tjørn”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “tjørn” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring