Thon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "thon"

English

Proper noun

Thon (plural Thons)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Thon is the 23737th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1066 individuals. Thon is most common among White (80.77%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French thon (“tuna”).

Noun

Thon m (strong, genitive Thons, plural Thons)

  1. (Switzerland) tuna
    Synonym: (Germany) Thunfisch
Declension
Declension of Thon [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Thon die Thons
genitive eines des Thons der Thons
dative einem dem Thon den Thons
accusative einen den Thon die Thons

Etymology 2

Noun

Thon m (strong, genitive Thones or Thons, plural Thone)

  1. Obsolete spelling of Ton which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
Declension
Declension of Thon [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Thon die Thone
genitive eines des Thones, Thons der Thone
dative einem dem Thon, Thone1 den Thonen
accusative einen den Thon die Thone

1Now rare, see notes.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French thon (“tuna”).

Noun

Thon m (plural Thonen)

  1. tuna
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