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tun

noun neutersubstantiv intetkjønn

a farmyard · a courtyard · a cluster of buildings

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt tún; samme opprinnelse som engelsk town ‘by’ Old Norse tún; same origin as English town

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. åpen, flat plass mellom husene på en gård eller lignende;
    gårdsplassa farmyard, a courtyard
    open, flat area between the buildings on a farm or the like;
    a farmyard, a courtyardgårdsplass
    • stå ute på tunet to stand out in the yard
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som gårdstunfarmyard, inntuninner farmyard, around the dwelling houses, uttunouter farmyard, by the outbuildings
  2. sted på en gård der husene står, til forskjell fra markene omkring the place on a farm where the buildings stand, as opposed to the fields around them
    • gå hjem i tunet to go home to the farmyard
  3. samling av hus som tilhører ett gårdsbruk group of houses belonging to a single farm
    • en gård med to tun a farm with two clusters of buildings
  4. samling av bygninger, institusjoner og lignende cluster of buildings, institutions and the like
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som bygdetuna collection of old rural houses, helsetuna cluster of health facilities