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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tunnland tunnlandet tunnland tunnlanden
Genitive tunnlands tunnlandets tunnlands tunnlandens

References
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