Titte

German

Alternative forms

• T*tte, T*tt* (censored)

Etymology

From Low German Titte (“nipple; breast”), from Middle Low German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”).

Doublet of Zitze, which was inherited. Cognate with Dutch tiet, English tit, teat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪtə/

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Noun

Titte f (genitive Titte, plural Titten, diminutive Tittchen n)

1. (informal, somewhat vulgar) tit; boob (woman’s breast)
   • 2022, “Dicke Titten”, performed by Rammstein:

     Sie muss nicht reich sein / Kein Model mit langen Schritten / Doch dicke Titten

     She doesn't have to be rich / Not a model with long strides / But big tits

Declension

Declension of Titte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Titte	die	Titten
genitive	einer	der	Titte	der	Titten
dative	einer	der	Titte	den	Titten
accusative	eine	die	Titte	die	Titten

Derived terms

• Tittenbonus

Further reading

• “Titte” in Duden online
• “Titte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache