tjón

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tjón (neuter and feminine), from Proto-Germanic *teunō, *teuną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰjouːn/

  Rhymes: -ouːn

Noun

tjón n (genitive singular tjóns, nominative plural tjón)

1. damage, loss

   Synonyms: grand, mein, ógagn, skaði, skaðræði, tap, usli, voði

Declension

declension of tjón

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tjón	tjónið	tjón	tjónin
accusative	tjón	tjónið	tjón	tjónin
dative	tjóni	tjóninu	tjónum	tjónunum
genitive	tjóns	tjónsins	tjóna	tjónanna

Further reading

• “tjón” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)