tönn

See also: tonn, tónn, and tǫnn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰœnː/

  Rhymes: -œnː

Noun

tönn f (genitive singular tannar, nominative plural tennur)

1. a tooth

Declension

declension of tönn

f-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tönn	tönnin	tennur	tennurnar
accusative	tönn	tönnina	tennur	tennurnar
dative	tönn	tönninni	tönnum	tönnunum
genitive	tannar	tannarinnar	tanna	tannanna

There also exist the variant plural forms tannir and tönnur, but these forms are neither original nor considered standard today, and have now become obsolete.

Derived terms

• barnatönn (“milk tooth”)
• falskar tennur f pl (“dentures”)
• framtönn (“incisor”)
• höggriftönn (“impact ripper”)
• jaðartönn (“corner tooth”)
• mögnunartönn (“exciter tooth”)
• skaðlegur tönnum (“cariogenic”, adjective)
• taka tennur (“to be teething, to cut teeth”, verb)