tätowieren

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German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛtoˈviːʁən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /teːtoˈviːʁən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: tä‧to‧wie‧ren

Verb

tätowieren (weak, third-person singular present tätowiert, past tense tätowierte, past participle tätowiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to tattoo
    "Der moderne mensch, der sich tätowiert, ist ein verbrecher oder ein degenerierter." (Adolf Loos in "Ornament und Verbrechen", 1908)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Russian: татуи́ровать (tatuírovatʹ)

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