Tarnkappe

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German

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʁnˌkapə/
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Noun

Tarnkappe f (genitive Tarnkappe, plural Tarnkappen)

  1. cloak of invisibility

Declension

Declension of Tarnkappe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Tarnkappe die Tarnkappen
genitive einer der Tarnkappe der Tarnkappen
dative einer der Tarnkappe den Tarnkappen
accusative eine die Tarnkappe die Tarnkappen

References

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

Further reading

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