Fünen
noun
German name of Fyn.
Fünen
American
[fy-nuhn]
/ ˈfü nən /
noun
Funen
British
/ ˈfuːnən /
noun
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Once Brecht settled with his family on the island of Fünen, in Denmark, he set to work in a whitewashed stable.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 3, 2019
I had hurried across the heath, and over Jutland's wood-girt eastern coast, and over the Island of Fünen, and now I drove over the Great Belt, groaning and sighing.
From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by H. W. (Henry William) Dulcken
"Are you afraid of the water?" asked my brisk uncle from Fünen one day.
From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
The two largest islands are Fünen and Seeland, which are separated by the Great Belt, and the former from the main land by the Little Belt.
From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Oliver Optic
Belt, Great and Little, gateways of the Baltic: the Great between Zealand and Fünen, 15 m. broad; the Little, between Fünen and Jutland, half as broad; both 70 m. long, the former of great depth.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
The bones of Koelbjerg Man, recovered in 1941 on the Danish island of Funen, date to 8000 B.C.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
The three-week race includes two more stages in Denmark, including crossing the Great Belt Bridge that links the Zealand island, where Copenhagen sits and the central isle of Funen.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
There are two more stages in Denmark this weekend, including crossing the Great Belt Bridge that links the Zealand island, where Copenhagen sits, and the central isle of Funen.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
Jens Faurschou grew up on the Danish island of Funen, to parents who weren’t big art-buyers but who had a ceramics collection.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2019
"That is delightful," returned the man from Funen, and behind him could be heard Aase's north country voice: "What is that he is saying?"
From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson
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