Tenne

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tenne, from Old High German tenni, from Proto-Germanic *danjō. Cognate with English den.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnə/

Noun

Tenne f (genitive Tenne, plural Tennen)

1. threshing-floor
2. (by extension) a barn attached to a farmhouse, which is used (or was originally used) for threshing and/or keeping fodder

Usage notes

• In the extended sense of “barn”, the word is often still used with the preposition auf (“on”) rather than in. (Compare the same in Dachboden.)

Derived terms

• Futtertenne