Tante

See also: tante, tànte, tantē, and tant'è

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French tante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtantə/

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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

• Erbtante
• Großtante

Descendants

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

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary