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==Alemannic German==

===Etymology===
From Old Bernian ''tænd''; compare German ''[[Zahn]]'' and Dutch ''[[tand]]''.

===Noun===
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# {{context|Berne dialect|lang=gsw}} [[tooth]]

====Derived terms====
* [[cepillo|tonesburst]]

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==German==
==German==



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Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old Bernian tænd; compare German Zahn and Dutch tand.

Noun

Ton (genitive singular tones, plural tän, genitive plural tänens)

  1. (deprecated template usage) (Berne dialect) tooth

Derived terms


German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German (deprecated template usage) dāha, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *þanhǭ; compare Old English (deprecated template usage) þō, Old Norse (deprecated template usage) þá, and Gothic (deprecated template usage) 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍉 (þāhō).

Noun

Ton m (genitive Tons or Tones, plural Tone)

  1. clay
Declension

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Etymology 2

Template:borrowing, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) τόνος (tónos).

Noun

Ton m (genitive Tons or Tones, plural Töne)

  1. tone
    • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 43:
      Eine der unangenehmsten Peinlichkeiten in deutschen Gerichtssälen ist die Überheblichkeit der Vorsitzenden im Ton den Angeklagten gegenüber.
      One of the most unpleasant embarrassments in German court rooms is the hubris of the presiding judges in the tone towards the defendants.
  2. (deprecated template usage) (music) note (a musical pitch or sound)
Declension

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References

  • Kluge, Friedrich (1975). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 21. unveränderte Auflage. ISBN 3-11-005709-3. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 781–82.