German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German tarnkappe. The first element is likely related to Proto-West Germanic *darnī (secret, hidden) and the second element is from Kappe.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʁnˌkapə/
  • (file)

Noun edit

Tarnkappe f (genitive Tarnkappe, plural Tarnkappen)

  1. cloak of invisibility

Declension edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Tarnkappe”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading edit

  • Tarnkappe” in Duden online
  • Tarnkappe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache