Tabu

See also: tabu, tabú, tabù, and tabū

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈbuː/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

Tabu n (strong, genitive Tabus, plural Tabus)

1. taboo

Declension

Declension of Tabu [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Tabu	die	Tabus
genitive	eines	des	Tabus	der	Tabus
dative	einem	dem	Tabu	den	Tabus
accusative	ein	das	Tabu	die	Tabus

Derived terms

• tabuisieren

Related terms

• tabu

Further reading

• “Tabu” in Duden online