Feminine

Tonne

Meaning

  1. (feminine) barrel, vat, tun, drum
  2. (feminine) barrel, vat, tun, drum
  3. (dated, feminine) barrel, vat, tun, drum
  4. (feminine) tonne, ton, metric ton
  5. (Switzerland, feminine, slang) tonne, ton, metric ton
  6. (feminine) buoy

Synonyms

Fettbauch

Prachtexemplar

fette Sau

Dickerchen

Dickwanst

Pummelchen

Maischbottich

Moppel

Quetschwurst

dicker Mensch

Fleischberg

Dickmadam

fettes Schwein

Elefantenküken

Fettmops

Person von Gewicht

Fettkloß

Megagramm

Metrische Tonne

Tonnenkörper

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

donne

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɔnə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German tunne, from Old High German tunna, from Latin tunna. A chiefly northern (i.e. Central German) word, later reinforced by Middle Low German tunne, tonne and, in the sense “metric ton”, by French tonne.

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