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

(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 (file)
Rhymes: -anə

Noun

Tanne f (genitive Tanne, plural Tannen)

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

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