tún

Meaning

garden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tyn/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: tuin

Cognate with English: town

Cognate with German: Zaun

In summary

From Old Frisian tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną. Cognate to Dutch tuin, English town, German Zaun.

Sentences

Alle blommen yn 'e tún binne giel.

All the flowers in the garden are yellow.

Om it paleis hinne leit in tún mei bylden .

Around the palace is a garden with statues.

Earder op 'e middei seach ik him yn 'e tún .

Earlier in the afternoon I saw him in the garden.

Men kin dizze plant sûnder swierrichheden yn 'e tún kweke.

One can grow this plant in the garden without difficulty.

It keammerke seach op 'e tún út , dêr't it túch heech opskeat.

The room looked out on the garden, where the cloth rose high.

It is in hûs mei in djippe tún en frij útsicht op de greiden.

It is a house with a deep garden and a clear view of the meadows.