Tante
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Tante f (genitive Tante, plural Tanten, diminutive Tantchen n)
- aunt
- (colloquial) woman, broad
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Declension of Tante [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Hungarian: tanti
- → Latvian: tante
- → Norwegian Bokmål: tante
- → Yiddish: טאַנטע (tante)
- → English: tante
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Tante f (plural Tante)