Tattoo

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈtuː/, /tɛˈtuː/, /ˈtɛtu/
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  • Hyphenation: Tat‧too
  • Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

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

Tattoo n or (rare) m (strong, genitive Tattoos, plural Tattoos)

  1. tattoo
    Synonym: Tätowierung
Usage notes
  • Generally neuter. The masculine gender is rare.
Declension
Declension of Tattoo
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das, der Tattoo die Tattoos
genitive eines des Tattoos der Tattoos
dative einem dem Tattoo den Tattoos
accusative ein, einen das, den Tattoo die Tattoos

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tattoo, from Dutch taptoe.

Noun

Tattoo m (strong, genitive Tattoos, plural Tattoos)

  1. (military) tattoo (drum or bugle signal ordering soldiers to return to their quarters)
    Synonym: Zapfenstreich
  2. (military) tattoo (military display or pageant)
Declension
Declension of Tattoo
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Tattoo die Tattoos
genitive eines des Tattoos der Tattoos
dative einem dem Tattoo den Tattoos
accusative einen den Tattoo die Tattoos

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