Ton
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Bern Old High German tænd, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs. Cognate with German Zahn, Dutch tand, English tooth, Icelandic tönn.
Noun
Ton (genitive singular Tones, plural Tän, genitive plural Tänens)
Derived terms
- tonesburst (“toothbrush”)
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
With irregular t- (as in tausend) and widespread dialectal -ā- → -ō- from Middle High German dāhen, tāhen, inflected form of dāhe, tāhe, from Old High German thāha, dāha, tāha, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *þanhǭ. Cognate with Old English þō, Old Norse þá, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍉 (þāhō). One of the few words in which Proto-Germanic -h- is not indicated by a Dehnungs-h; this is due to the earlier use of initial th- (in Thon), after which the Dehnungs-h was generally avoided.
Alternative forms
- Thon (obsolete)
Noun
Ton m (genitive Tons or Tones, plural Tone)
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Etymology 2
From Middle High German tōn, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos).
Noun
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)
- tone (manner of speaking)
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References
- Kluge, Friedrich (1975). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 21. unveränderte Auflage. →ISBN. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 781–82.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Noun
Ton m (plural Teen)
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Old High German
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- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Alemannic German nouns
- Bernese Alemannic German
- gsw:Teeth
- German 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:German/oːn
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German lemmas
- German nouns
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- German terms derived from Latin
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- de:Music
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
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