Tenne

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tenne, from Old High German tenni, from Proto-West Germanic *dani (“flat area; pasture”). Cognate with English den.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛnə/
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Noun

Tenne f (genitive Tenne, plural Tennen)

  1. threshing-floor
  2. (by extension) a barn attached to a farmhouse, which is used (or was originally used) for threshing and/or keeping fodder

Usage notes

  • In the extended sense of “barn”, the word is often still used with the preposition auf (“on”) rather than in. (Compare the same in Dachboden.)

Declension

Declension of Tenne [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Tenne die Tennen
genitive einer der Tenne der Tennen
dative einer der Tenne den Tennen
accusative eine die Tenne die Tennen

Derived terms

  • Futtertenne

Further reading

  • “Tenne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Tenne” in Duden online
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