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Swedish noun

ett tunnland

barrel of land (old Scandinavian unit of arable land area, approximately half a hectare, or around 1.2 acres for a Swedish barrel of land)

Meaning

barrel of land (old Scandinavian unit of arable land area, approximately half a hectare, or around 1.2 acres for a Swedish barrel of land)

Forms

Forms of tunnland
Singular, indefiniteett tunnland
Singular, definitetunnlandet
Plural, indefinitetunnland
Plural, definitetunnlanden

tunnland is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort tunnland, det stora tunnlandet. Check another noun

Practise tunnland

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Is it en tunnland or ett tunnland?

Questions

What does tunnland mean in English?

tunnland means “barrel of land (old Scandinavian unit of arable land area, approximately half a hectare, or around 1.2 acres for a Swedish barrel of land)”.

Is it en tunnland or ett tunnland?

It is ett tunnland, and “the barrel of land” is tunnlandet.

What is the plural of tunnland?

tunnland doesn't change in the plural: ett tunnland, två tunnland (definite: tunnlanden).

Origin

From tunna (“barrel”) + land (“land”), perhaps in reference to an area sown with a barrel of seed.

Nearby common words

tunnland is number 8,704 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary