Tanne

See also: tanne, tanné, and tänne

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German tanne, from Old High German tanna, from Proto-Germanic *dannǭ. Cognate with German Tanne.

Noun

Tanne f

  1. (Uri) fir (conifer of the genus Abies)

References
  • “Tanne” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tanne, from Old High German tanna, from Proto-Germanic *dannǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”). Per this hypothesis, related to Hittite [script needed] (tanau, “fir”), Latin femur, genitive feminis (“thigh”), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆‎ (θanuuarə), Sanskrit धनु (dhánu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtanə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -anə

Noun

Tanne f (genitive Tanne, plural Tannen)

  1. fir (genus Abies)

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

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Further reading
  • “Tanne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Tanne in Duden online
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