tönn

See also: tonn, tónn, and tǫnn

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• tenn (archaic, obsolete)

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 or (rare, archaic, obsolete) tannir or (archaic/obsolete) tönnur)

1. a tooth

Declension

Declension of tönn (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tönn	tönnin	tennur, tannir1, tönnur2	tennurnar, tannirnar1, tönnurnar2
accusative	tönn	tönnina	tennur, tannir1, tönnur2	tennurnar, tannirnar1, tönnurnar2
dative	tönn	tönninni	tönnum	tönnunum
genitive	tannar	tannarinnar	tanna	tannanna

¹Rare, archaic, obsolete.
²Archaic/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)

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “tönn”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “tönn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “tönn”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)