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
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tunnland tunnlands
definite tunnlandet tunnlandets
plural indefinite tunnland tunnlands
definite tunnlanden tunnlandens

References

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