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East Central German
Verb
tunne
- (Erzgebirgisch) to do
References
- 1998 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Eierquatsch und drackite Supp: Ein heiteres Mundartbuch aus dem Erzgebirge und dem Vogtland, P. 28
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
tuntea + -e. First attested in 1837 in the literary language.
Noun
tunne
- feeling, emotion (person's internal state of being)
- feeling (emotional attraction or desire)
- feeling, sensation (physical feeling or perception)
- Synonym: tuntu
- sense (perception through the intellect, conscious awareness)
- Synonyms: tunto, tuntu
- turvallisuuden tunne ― sense of security
- sentiment (feelings or emotions)
- kansallistunne ― national sentiment
- feeling, intuition (perceptive insight such that as gained by instinct)
- Synonym: aavistus
- Minulla on sellainen tunne, että... ― I've got a feeling that...
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Etymology 2
Verb
tunne
- inflection of tuntea:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English tunne.
Pronunciation
Noun
tunne (plural tunnes)
- cask; barrel
Descendants
Neapolitan
Adjective
tunne m pl
- masculine plural of tunno
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse tunna.
- tunna (bracket form)
- tynne (main form) (tynna (bracket form))
- tønne (main form, also Norwegian Bokmål) (tønna (bracket form))
Noun
tunne f (definite singular tunna, indefinite plural tunner, definite plural tunnene)
- barrel (round vessel)
Kan du bera desse tunnene for meg?- Can you carry these barrels for me?
- barrel (unit of measure)
Etymology 2
Verb
tunne (present tense tunnar, past tense tunna, past participle tunna, passive infinitive tunnast, present participle tunnande, imperative tunne/tunn)
- to swing (around something), rotate
- to fuss, fidget
Etymology 3
Adjective
tunne n
- (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of tunn
- (non-standard since 2012) plural of tunn
References
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō (“tun, barrel, cask”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tunne f
- barrel, cask
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Swedish
Adjective
tunne
- definite natural masculine singular of tunn