See also: tarn, Tarn, tarń, Tärn, and târn

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From late Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German torn, from Latin turris.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tårn n (singular definite tårnet, plural indefinite tårne)

  1. tower
  2. rook (chess)

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

tårn

  1. imperative of tårne

See also edit

Chess pieces in Danish · skakbrikker (skak + brikker) (layout · text)
           
konge dronning tårn løber springer bonde

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Wikipedia no
 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), via Latin turris, Middle Low German torn and Old Norse turn.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tårn n (definite singular tårnet, indefinite plural tårn, definite plural tårna or tårnene)

  1. a tower
  2. a rook or castle (chess)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Northern Sami: toardna

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn
 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), via Latin turris, Middle Low German torn and Old Norse turn.

Noun edit

tårn n (definite singular tårnet, indefinite plural tårn, definite plural tårna)

  1. a tower
  2. a rook or castle (chess)

Derived terms edit

References edit