tuin

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch tuin, from Middle Dutch tuun, from Old Dutch tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tœi̯n/

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Noun

tuin (plural tuine, diminutive tuintjie)

1. A garden, yard.

Derived terms

• agtertuin
• dieretuin
• kindertuin
• tuinslang
• wildtuin

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tuun, from Old Dutch tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tœy̯n/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tuin
• Rhymes: -œy̯n

Noun

tuin m (plural tuinen, diminutive tuintje n)

1. a garden, yard
2. (regional, dated) an enclosure, fence or hedge

Derived terms

• achtertuin
• betuinen
• binnentuin
• dierentuin
• geveltuin
• heemtuin
• kruidentuin
• lusttuin
• moestuin
• om de tuin leiden
• speeltuin
• tuinakelei
• tuinboon
• tuindorp
• tuinen
• tuinfluiter
• tuinhibiscus
• tuinhuis
• tuinieren
• tuinjudaspenning
• tuinkaasjeskruid
• tuinkabouter
• tuinkamer
• tuinkever
• tuinklauw
• tuinman
• tuinreseda
• tuinslang
• tuinstad
• tuinstoel
• tuinwijk
• tuinwolfsmelk
• voortuin

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tuin
• Berbice Creole Dutch: tun
• Skepi Creole Dutch: tun

Finnish

Noun

tuin

1. instructive plural of tuki

Verb

tuin

1. first-person singular past indicative of tukea

Anagrams

• nuti, tiun

Irish

Etymology

Perhaps from English tune, in which case a doublet of tiúin.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪnʲ/

Noun

tuin f (genitive singular tuine, nominative plural tuineacha)

1. accent

   Synonym: blas

   tuin iasachta ― foreign accent

Declension

Declension of tuin (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tuin tuineacha vocative a thuin a thuineacha genitive tuine tuineacha dative tuin tuineacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tuin na tuineacha genitive na tuine na dtuineacha dative leis an tuin don tuin leis na tuineacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuin	thuin	dtuin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN