Ton
Alemannic German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Bernian tænd; compare German Zahn and Dutch tand.
Noun[edit]
Ton (genitive singular Tones, plural Tän, genitive plural Tänens)
- (Berne dialect) tooth
Derived terms[edit]
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Thon (dated)
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old High German dāha, from Proto-Germanic *þanhǭ; compare Old English þō, Old Norse þá, and Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍉 (þāhō).
Noun[edit]
Ton m (genitive Tons or Tones, plural Tone)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Ton
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos).
Noun[edit]
Ton m (genitive Tons or Tones, plural Töne)
- 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.
- Eine der unangenehmsten Peinlichkeiten in deutschen Gerichtssälen ist die Überheblichkeit der Vorsitzenden im Ton den Angeklagten gegenüber.
- 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 43:
- (music) note (a musical pitch or sound)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Ton
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Kluge, Friedrich (1975). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 21. unveränderte Auflage. →ISBN. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 781–82.
Pennsylvania German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
Ton m (plural Teen)
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