tunnland
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From tunna (“barrel”) + land (“land”), in reference to an area sown with a barrel of seed.
Noun edit
tunnland n
- 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 edit
Often translated as acre for simplicity.
Declension edit
| Declension of tunnland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tunnland | tunnlandet | tunnland | tunnlanden |
| Genitive | tunnlands | tunnlandets | tunnlands | tunnlandens |