Tun
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tun"
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Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Tun (plural Tuns)
- A surname from Burmese.
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Etymology edit
Nominalized infinitive of tun (“to do”).
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Noun edit
Tun n (strong, genitive Tuns, no plural)
- gerund of tun; doing, deeds, behaviour
- Synonym: Handeln
- Der Zwiespalt zwischen Wollen und Tun
- The antagonism between willing and doing
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Etymology edit
From Middle Low German tūn, from Old Saxon tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn (“fence”).
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Derived terms edit
- Tunpol (fence post)
- Tuntrap (stile)
- Tieninj (fencing, enclosure)
- Schneetun (snow fence)
- Goadentun (garden fence)
See also edit
- Waunt (wall)
- Schauns (hedge)
- Hoff (yard)
- Goaden
- Puat (gate)
- Tooschlach (gate, port)
- Wolm (handrail)
- Wäs (pasture, meadow)
- Weidlaunt (pastureland)
- Wajch
- Stap
- Boom
- Staul
- Däa
- Hus
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Turkish edit
Proper noun edit
Tun
- a male given name