tunnland

Swedish

Etymology

From tunna (“barrel”) +‎ land (“land”), in reference to an area sown with a barrel of seed.

Noun

tunnland n

1. a barrel of land (old Scandinavian unit of arable land area, approximately half a hectare, or around 1.2 acres for a Swedish barrel of land)

Usage notes

Often translated as acre for simplicity.

Declension

Declension of tunnland

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tunnland	tunnlands
	definite	tunnlandet	tunnlandets
plural	indefinite	tunnland	tunnlands
	definite	tunnlanden	tunnlandens

References

• tunnland in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tunnland in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tunnland in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)