/çæːɳ/, /çæːʁn/
OpprinnelseFrom Old Norse tjarn n, tjǫrn f (“small lake, pond, tarn; pool”), from Proto-Germanic *ternō (“a mountain lake without tributaries; watering hole; small pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to shatter”).
Cognate with Danish tjern, Swedish tjärn, Icelandic tjörn, Faroese tjørn and English tarn.
- feminine, masculine, neutera small lake, typically in a forest or mountain area.
Bøyningertjernet(definite, singular) · tjern(indefinite, plural) · tjerna(definite, plural) · tjernene(definite, plural) · tjerna(definite, singular) · tjernen(definite, singular) · tjerner(indefinite, plural)
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