Tante

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tante"

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French tante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtantə/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Tante f (genitive Tante, plural Tanten, diminutive Tantchen n)

  1. aunt
    Synonyms: (archaic) Muhme, (archaic) Base
  2. (colloquial) woman, broad
    Synonyms: Alte, Tuse
    Coordinate terms: Onkel, Typ

Usage notes

  • While not inherently pejorative when referring to strangers, using Tante to refer to a woman is less polite than the male term Typ. Unlike men with Typ, usage of Tante by women to refer to themselves is a lot rarer and usually restricted to refer to a specific scene. (E.g. Motorradtante, 'biker chick'.) Calling a personal acquaintance a Tante therefore often carries a pejorative tone.

Declension

Declension of Tante [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Tante die Tanten
genitive einer der Tante der Tanten
dative einer der Tante den Tanten
accusative eine die Tante die Tanten

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hungarian: tanti
  • → Latvian: tante
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: tante
  • → Yiddish: טאַנטע (tante)

Further reading

  • “Tante” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Tante” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Tante” in Duden online
  • Tante on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From French tante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰantə/

Noun

Tante f (plural Tante)

  1. aunt

Further reading

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