Tarantel

German

Etymology

16th century, from Italian tarantola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈran.təl/, [taˈʁan.tl̩]

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Noun

Tarantel f (genitive Tarantel, plural Taranteln)

1. tarantula (Lycosa tarantula, kind of wolf spider of southern Europe)
2. certain other large species of wolf spider, chiefly of the genera Alopecosa, Hogna, Lycosa
3. (obsolete) the disused wolf spider genus Tarentula
4. (rare, nonstandard, anglicism) a New World tarantula (spider of the family Theraphosidae)

   Synonym: Vogelspinne

Declension

Declension of Tarantel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tarantel	die	Taranteln
genitive	einer	der	Tarantel	der	Taranteln
dative	einer	der	Tarantel	den	Taranteln
accusative	eine	die	Tarantel	die	Taranteln

Hypernyms

• Wolfspinne

Derived terms

• Tarantella
• wie von der Tarantel gestochen

Further reading

• “Tarantel” in Duden online