tjern

From 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.

• IPA^(key): /çæːɳ/, /çæːʁn/

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• Rhymes: -æːɳ, -æːʁn
• Hyphenation: tjern
• Homophone: kjern

tjern n (definite singular tjernet, indefinite plural tjern, definite plural tjerna or tjernene)

tjern f or m (definite singular tjerna or tjernen, indefinite plural tjerner, definite plural tjernene)

1. a small lake, typically in a forest or mountain area.

• innsjø
• vann, vatn

• “tjern” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tjern” in The Ordnett Dictionary

• tjørn f (common feminine form)
• tjønn f, kjønn, tjødn, kjødn (dialectal)

From Old Norse tjarn n, tjǫrn f (“a small mountain lake without tributaries”), from Proto-Germanic *ternō. Cognates with English tarn.

tjern n (definite singular tjernet, indefinite plural tjern, definite plural tjerna)

1. a small lake, typically in a forest or mountain area.

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• vatn

• “tjern” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.