tordön

Swedish

Etymology

From Tor (“Thor”) +‎ dön (“din”), from Old Swedish þordyn (literally “Thor-din”). Note that the name Thor/Tor means "thunder", so tordön literally means "thunder-din". Cognate with Icelandic þórduna.

Noun

tordön n

  1. (poetic) thunder
    Synonym: åska

Declension

Declension of tordön
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tordön tordöns
definite tordönet tordönets
plural indefinite tordön tordöns
definite tordönen tordönens

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