Tattoo
See also: tattoo
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from English tattoo. The rather common pronunciation with initial stress perhaps partly from a mistakenly assumed English form, but at least reinforced by the related words tätowieren, Tätowierung (both with unstressed -o- and often secondary stress on -ä-).
Noun edit
Tattoo n or (rare) m (strong, genitive Tattoos, plural Tattoos)
- tattoo
- Synonym: Tätowierung
Usage notes edit
- Generally neuter. The masculine gender is rare.
Declension edit
Declension of Tattoo [neuter // masculine (rare), strong]
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English tattoo, from Dutch taptoe.
Noun edit
Tattoo m (strong, genitive Tattoos, plural Tattoos)
- (military) tattoo (drum or bugle signal ordering soldiers to return to their quarters)
- Synonym: Zapfenstreich
- (military) tattoo (military display or pageant)
Declension edit
Declension of Tattoo [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Tattoo” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Tattoo (Tätowierung)” in Duden online
- “Tattoo (Zapfenstreich)” in Duden online