Vokabahn

die Tonne

A1 Noun frequency rank #4,956

What Tonne means

Noun

  1. barrel, vat, tun, drum
  2. bin, dumpster, skip (for waste); water butt
  3. canister, drum (for industrial materials)
  4. tonne, ton, metric ton

Forms

die Tonne · die Tonnen

Plural: Tonnen

Pronunciation

Tonne in a sentence

Das Regenwasser sammelt sich in einer großen Tonne.

The rainwater collects in a big barrel.

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Tonne is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #4,956 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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