Tuun

== Limburgish == === Alternative forms === toen (Veldeke spelling) Tuune (Eupen, Selfkant) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle Dutch tuun, from Old Dutch tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”) (likely through Gaulish dūnom), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- or *dʰewh₂-. Compare German Zaun, German Low German Tuun, Luxembourgish Zonk, Dutch tuin, English town. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuːn/ Rhymes: -uːn === Noun === Tuun m (plural Tüün, diminutive Tüünke or Tünke) (German-based spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling) fence fenced off area, enclosed space ground-ivy == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German tûn, from Old Saxon tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn. Cognate with German Zaun (“fence”). === Noun === Tuun m (plural Tuuns or Tüün) (German Low German) (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) fence === References === Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)