Noun: tjørn
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | tjørn |
| Sg. definite | tjørnen |
| Pl. indefinite | tjørne |
| Pl. definite | tjørnene |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | tjørns |
| Sg. definite | tjørnens |
| Pl. indefinite | tjørnes |
| Pl. definite | tjørnenes |
Sample Sentences
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Den eneste barriere mod hybridisering mellem vore tre hjemhørende tjørne er således tilsyneladende kun af økologisk-bestøvningsbiologisk art (Bradshaw, 1975 og Byatt, 1975 b). (Thus, the only barrier towards hybridization of our three indigenous hawthorns appears to be of an ecological-pollination-biological type (Bradshaw, 1975 and Bytt, 1975 b).) [1982, Dansk dendrologisk årsskrift:]
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Jeg drejede til højre gennem en tyk skov; vejen var slem, fuld af brombærkrat og tjørne. (I turned right through a thick forest; the path was bad, full of blackberry shrubs and hawthorns.) [1991, Løveridderen, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 6:]
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Siversted [Sydslesvig] ses her og der ensomme tjørne vokse ikke alene i et skel, men også inde på marken; disse tjørne ryddes eller fældes ikke. (In Sieverstedt [Southern Schleswig], here and there may be seen solitary hawthorns growing not only in the boundaries between fields, but also on the field itself; these hawthorns are not cleared or chopped down.) [1970, Danske studier:]
Nouns inflected like tjørn
tøsedreng,
følgesvend,
skjald,
islænding,
hvirvelstorm,
dyreelsker,
paletkniv,
bededag,
belizer,
bestand,
hobbykniv,
foldekniv,
navlestreng,
abebestand,
rullestol,
pn-overgang,
rødstjert,
trækkerdreng,
baggård,
fedterøv, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse þyrnir m, from Proto-Germanic *þurnijaz, *þurnijǭ, cf. Old English þyrne f. Derived from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn”) (Danish torn). See: Old Norse Nouns '
þyrnir', Old English Nouns '
þyrne', Danish Nouns '
torn'.
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