Definition
The sister of a parent, or the wife or female partner of a parent’s sibling.
Translations
- English
- aunt
- Français
- tante
- Türkçe
- teyze veya hala
- Polski
- ciocia
- Русский
- тётя
- Українська
- тітка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Tante
- A1
- Noun
- People & Family
aunt
/diː ˈtantə/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Tanten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Meine Tante wohnt in der Schweiz.NominativSing.My aunt lives in Switzerland.
- Die Tante bringt einen Kuchen mit.NominativSing.The aunt brings a cake.
- Meine Tante lebt in der Schweiz.NominativSing.My aunt lives in Switzerland.
- Die Tante bringt einen Kuchen mit.NominativSing.The aunt brings a cake.
- Ich besuche meine Tante am Sonntag.AkkusativSing.I visit my aunt on Sunday.
- Wir fahren mit unserer Tante nach Köln.DativSing.We travel to Cologne with our aunt.
- Meine beiden Tanten wohnen in Deutschland.NominativPlur.Both of my aunts live in Germany.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Tante/ˈtantə/
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Article phrase
die Tante/diː ˈtantə/
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Plural
Tanten/ˈtantən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Tante | die Tanten |
| Akkusativ | die Tante | die Tanten |
| Dativ | der Tante | den Tanten |
| Genitiv | der Tante | der Tanten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationmeine Tante
- Collocationdie Tante besuchen
- Collocationdie Tante bringt
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word