Tesafilm

German

A roll of office tape

A roll of sellotape / Scotch tape

Etymology

From Tesa +‎ Film. The former is a trademark; see the lemma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːzaˌfɪlm/

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Noun

Tesafilm m or n (strong, genitive Tesafilmes or Tesafilms, plural Tesafilme)

1. (slightly informal) (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) sellotape; (UK, AU) sticky tape; (US) Scotch tape; adhesive tape, office tape

   Synonyms: Tesa, Klebefilm, Klebeband

2. (uncommon) adhesive tape in general

   Synonyms: Tesa, Klebeband

Usage notes

• The word is regularly masculine (after Film). In practice, it is not seldom neuter (after the synonyms Tesa and Klebeband).

Declension

Declension of Tesafilm [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Tesafilm	die	Tesafilme
genitive	eines	des	Tesafilmes, Tesafilms	der	Tesafilme
dative	einem	dem	Tesafilm, Tesafilme1	den	Tesafilmen
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Tesafilm	die	Tesafilme

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

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