tjón

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tjón (neuter and feminine), from Proto-Germanic *teunō, *teuną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰjouːn/

  Rhymes: -ouːn

Noun

tjón n (genitive singular tjóns, nominative plural tjón)

1. damage, loss

   Synonyms: grand, mein, ógagn, skaði, skaðræði, tap, usli, voði

Declension

Declension of tjón (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tjón	tjónið	tjón	tjónin
accusative	tjón	tjónið	tjón	tjónin
dative	tjóni	tjóninu	tjónum	tjónunum
genitive	tjóns	tjónsins	tjóna	tjónanna

Further reading

• “tjón” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)