tordön

Swedish

Etymology

From Tor (“Thor”) +‎ dön (“noise”), from Old Swedish þordyn (literally “Thor-noise”). Note that the name Thor/Tor means "thunder", so tordön literally means "thunder-noise". Cognate with Icelandic þórduna.

Noun

tordön n

1. (poetic) thunder

   Synonym: åska

Declension

Declension of tordön
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tordön	tordönet	tordön	tordönen
Genitive	tordöns	tordönets	tordöns	tordönens

Derived terms

• tordönsknall
• tordönsröst
• tordönsstämma

Further reading

• tordön in Svensk ordbok.
• tordön in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)