Wiktionary:About Norwegian/Layout3

Example: tjern (a small lake) Note: Some of the information is nonsense

Norwegian

Alternative spellings

• tjørn (Nynorsk)

Etymology

From Old Norse tjǫrn. Cognate with English tarn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çæːɳ/

Homophones

• kjern (Bokmål and Nynorsk)

Noun

tjern n (Bokmål and Nynorsk)

1. a small lake

   Det er et tjern i skogen (Bokmål)

   There is a small lake in the forest

   Det finst fisk i tjernet (Nynorsk)

   There is fish in the small lake

Inflection

Inflection of About Norwegian/Layout3

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål n	About Norwegian/Layout3	About Norwegian/Layout3et	About Norwegian/Layout3	About Norwegian/Layout3a/About Norwegian/Layout3ene
Nynorsk n	About Norwegian/Layout3	tjernet	About Norwegian/Layout3	tjerna

Quotations

• 1870, Didrik Ipsen, Brandt, page 85 (Dano-Norwegian)

  Brede tjern over Nordsjø gaa

• 1920, Niels Kållet Fågt, Digte, page 37 (Riksmål)

  Var jeg blot et tjern i skogen

  If only I were a small lake in the forest

• 1975, Hans Hansen, Roman, page 145 (Nynorsk)

  I skogen var det eit tjern

  There was a small lake in the forest

Synonyms

• (a small lake): sjø (Bokmål and Nynorsk); vann (Bokmål); vatn (Nynorsk)

Derived terms

• skogstjern (Bokmål and Nynorsk)