tarnen

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German

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Etymology

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Early 20th century, a borrowing (inspired by older Tarnkappe) from Middle High German tarnen, from Old High German *tarnōn, from Proto-West Germanic *darnōn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtarnən/, [ˈtaʁ.nən], [ˈtaɐ̯-], [ˈtaː-], [-nn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: tar‧nen

Verb

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tarnen (weak, third-person singular present tarnt, past tense tarnte, past participle getarnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (military) to camouflage
  2. (by extension) to mask, disguise, hide, cover
  3. (science fiction) to cloak

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • tarnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • tarnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • tarnen” in Duden online
  • tarnen” in OpenThesaurus.de