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

• 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-West Germanic *dannā, from Proto-Germanic *dannǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”). Per this hypothesis, related to Hittite 𒄑𒋫𒈾𒀀𒌑 (^GIŠta-na-a-ú /⁠tanau⁠/, “fir”), Breton tann (“sessile oak”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə, “bow”), Sanskrit धनु (dhánu), perhaps Latin femur (“thigh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanə/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anə

Noun

Tanne f (genitive Tanne, plural Tannen)

1. fir (genus Abies)

   Synonym: Tannenbaum

Declension

Declension of Tanne [feminine]

	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

Hypernyms

• Nadelbaum

Hyponyms

• Balsamtanne
• Edeltanne
• Grautanne
• Hemlocktanne
• Himalaya-Tanne
• Korea-Tanne
• Küstentanne
• Nordmanntanne
• Schierlingstanne
• Sibirische Tanne
• Silbertanne
• Weißtanne

 

Derived terms

• tannen

Related terms

• Tannengrün
• Tannenhäher
• Tannenharz
• Tannenholz
• Tannenhonig
• Tannenlichtung
• Tannenmeise
• Tannennadel
• Tannenschonung
• Tannenwald
• Tannenwipfel
• Tannenzapfen
• Tannenzweig

 

Further reading

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