tönn

See also: tonn, tónn, and tǫnn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰœnː/

  Rhymes: -œnː

Noun

tönn f (genitive singular tannar, nominative plural tennur)

1. a tooth

Declension

There also exist the variant plural forms tannir and tönnur, but these forms are neither original nor considered standard today, and have now become obsolete.

Derived terms

• barnatönn (“milk tooth”)
• falskar tennur f pl (“dentures”)
• framtönn (“incisor”)
• höggriftönn (“impact ripper”)
• jaðartönn (“corner tooth”)
• mögnunartönn (“exciter tooth”)
• skaðlegur tönnum (“cariogenic”, adjective)
• taka tennur (“to be teething, to cut teeth”, verb)