noun

[C]

aunt; the sister of one’s mother or father, or the wife of one’s uncle

Tánte

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from French tante, a familiar or child-language form related to older forms for ‘aunt’.

Examples

Meine Tante wohnt in Berlin.

Méine Tánte wóhnt in Berlín.

My aunt lives in Berlin.

Ich besuche meine Tante am Wochenende.

Ich besúche méine Tánte am Wóchenende.

I am visiting my aunt at the weekend.

Synonyms

Mutterschwester

Vaterschwester

Antonyms

Onkel

Collocations

meine Tante

Tante und Onkel

Tante mütterlicherseits

Tante väterlicherseits

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noun

[C]

informal

a woman, especially one referred to dismissively or disparagingly

Tánte

Pronunciation

Etymology

Figurative extension of the kinship term Tante.

Examples

Die Tante an der Kasse war sehr unfreundlich.

Die Tánte an der Kásse war sehr unfréundlich.

The woman at the checkout was very unfriendly.

Was will diese Tante denn von uns?

Was will díese Tánte denn von uns?

What does this woman want from us?

Synonyms

Collocations

diese Tante

so eine Tante

eine komische Tante

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noun

[C]

aunt; the sister of one’s mother or father, or the wife of one’s uncle

Tánte

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from French tante, a familiar or child-language form related to older forms for ‘aunt’.

Examples

Meine Tante wohnt in Berlin.

Méine Tánte wóhnt in Berlín.

My aunt lives in Berlin.

Ich besuche meine Tante am Wochenende.

Ich besúche méine Tánte am Wóchenende.

I am visiting my aunt at the weekend.

Synonyms

Mutterschwester

Vaterschwester

Antonyms

Onkel

Collocations

meine Tante

Tante und Onkel

Tante mütterlicherseits

Tante väterlicherseits

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noun

[C]

informal

a woman, especially one referred to dismissively or disparagingly

Tánte

Pronunciation

Etymology

Figurative extension of the kinship term Tante.

Examples

Die Tante an der Kasse war sehr unfreundlich.

Die Tánte an der Kásse war sehr unfréundlich.

The woman at the checkout was very unfriendly.

Was will diese Tante denn von uns?

Was will díese Tánte denn von uns?

What does this woman want from us?

Synonyms

Collocations

diese Tante

so eine Tante

eine komische Tante

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