tunnland

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

tunnland n

1. a 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)

Usage notes

Often translated as acre for simplicity.

Declension

Declension of tunnland
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tunnland	tunnlandet	tunnland	tunnlanden
Genitive	tunnlands	tunnlandets	tunnlands	tunnlandens

References

• tunnland in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tunnland in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tunnland in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)