Tenne

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German tenne, from Old High German tenni, from Proto-West Germanic *dani (“flat area; pasture”). Cognate with English den. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛnə/ === Noun === Tenne f (genitive Tenne, plural Tennen) threshing-floor (by extension) a barn attached to a farmhouse, which is used (or was originally used) for threshing and/or keeping fodder ==== Usage notes ==== In the extended sense of “barn”, the word is often still used with the preposition auf (“on”) rather than in. (Compare the same in Dachboden.) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Futtertenne === Further reading === “Tenne”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Tenne” in Duden online “Tenne” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.