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SWEDISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

tunna.

to make or become thin or sparse, to disperse, to fade (used with prepositions ut, (rare) ur, (rare) av).

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to make or become thin or sparse, to disperse, to fade (used with prepositions ut, (rare) ur, (rare) av).

    åtminstone hade hans ansikte spår av en gammal våldsam solbränna, som för länge sedan hade tunnats ut till gult
    Månen föll och stjärnorna tunnade av.
Where this word comes from

From tunn.

noun
  1. a barrel (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

    common-gender
  2. a drum (of for example metal or plastic, with similar sense extension from barrel as in English)

    common-gender
  3. a barrel, an historic measure of dry volume, four-bushel measure

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish tunna, from Old Norse tunna. Cognate with Old Saxon tunna, Old English tunne, Medieval Latin tunna, tonna.

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