Tunte

See also: tunte

German

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps alteration of Tante.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʊn.tə/
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Hyphenation: Tun‧te

Noun

Tunte f (genitive Tunte, plural Tunten)

(colloquial) queen (male homosexual)
Synonym: (slang only) Queen

Declension

Declension of Tunte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tunte	die	Tunten
genitive	einer	der	Tunte	der	Tunten
dative	einer	der	Tunte	den	Tunten
accusative	eine	die	Tunte	die	Tunten

Derived terms

tuntig
tuntenhaft

Further reading

“Tunte” in Duden online
“Tunte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Tunte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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