Tonne

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Tonne. === Proper noun === Tonne (plural Tonnes) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Tonne is the 41799th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 520 individuals. Tonne is most common among White (96.35%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tonne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German tunne, from Old High German tunna, from Latin tunna. A chiefly northern (i.e. Central German) word, later reinforced by Middle Low German tunne, tonne and, in the sense “metric ton”, by French tonne. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɔnə/ Rhymes: -ɔnə === Noun === Tonne f (genitive Tonne, plural Tonnen, diminutive Tönnchen n) barrel, vat, tun, drum for collecting waste or surplus, such as a bin, dumpster/skip, water butt for storing and transporting industrial materials (dated) for storing and transporting food and drink, e.g. beer, wine, cabbage, herrings Synonym: Fass tonne, ton, metric ton (slang, Switzerland) thousand francs (nautical) buoy ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: то́нна (tónna) → Mongolian: тонн (tonn) === Further reading === “Tonne” in Duden online “Tonne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Japanese == === Romanization === Tonne Rōmaji transcription of トンネ