Tannenbaum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tannenbaum (“fir tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtænənˌbaʊ̯m/

Noun

Tannenbaum (plural Tannenbaums)

1. Christmas tree.

   Oh, Tannenbaum, oh, Tannenbaum, how lovely are thy branches.

   Local newspapers covered the story of how Santa Claus had helped the Tannenbaum.

German

1. Tannenbaum

2. Tannenbaum

Etymology

Tanne (“fir”) +‎ -n- +‎ Baum (“tree”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtann̩ˌbaʊ̯m/, /ˈtanənˌbaʊ̯m/

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• Hyphenation: Tan‧nen‧baum

Noun

Tannenbaum m (strong, genitive Tannenbaumes or Tannenbaums, plural Tannenbäume)

1. fir tree

   Synonym: Tanne

2. (specifically) Christmas tree

   Synonym: Weihnachtsbaum

Declension

Declension of Tannenbaum [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tannenbaum	die	Tannenbäume
genitive	eines	des	Tannenbaumes, Tannenbaums	der	Tannenbäume
dative	einem	dem	Tannenbaum, Tannenbaume1	den	Tannenbäumen
accusative	einen	den	Tannenbaum	die	Tannenbäume

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

• Nadelbaum

Further reading

• “Tannenbaum” in Duden online