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Example: tjern (a small lake) Note: Some of the information is nonsense

Alternative spellings

 * tjørn (Nynorsk)

Etymology
From Old Norse. Cognate with English tarn.

Homophones

 * kjern (Bokmål and Nynorsk)

Noun
tjern n (Bokmål and Nynorsk)
 * 1) a small lake
 * Det er et tjern i skogen (Bokmål)
 * There is a small lake in the forest
 * Det finst fisk i tjernet (Nynorsk)
 * There is fish in the small lake

Quotations

 * 1870, Didrik Ipsen, Brandt, page 85 (Dano-Norwegian)
 * Brede tjern over Nordsjø gaa


 * 1920, Niels Kållet Fågt, Digte, page 37 (Riksmål)
 * Var jeg blot et tjern i skogen
 * If only I were a small lake in the forest


 * 1975, Hans Hansen, Roman, page 145 (Nynorsk)
 * I skogen var det eit tjern
 * There was a small lake in the forest

Synonyms

 * (a small lake): sjø (Bokmål and Nynorsk); vann (Bokmål); vatn (Nynorsk)

Derived terms

 * skogstjern (Bokmål and Nynorsk)