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German Low German
Etymology
Ultimately cognate with German Zaun (“fence”).
Noun
Tuun m (plural Tuuns or Tüün)
- (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) fence
References
- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
Limburgish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”) (likely through Gaulish dūnom), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- or *dʰewh₂-. Compare German Zaun, German Low German Tuun, Luxembourgish Zonk, Dutch tuin, English town.
Pronunciation
Noun
Tuun m (plural Tüün, diminutive Tüünke or Tünke) (German-based spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)
- fence
Eng gruete Vrou ess eng Lädder enn et Huus änd eng koh Vrou engen Tuun dröm.- A big woman is like a ladder to a house and an angry woman is like a fence around a house.
- fenced off area, enclosed space
- ground-ivy