Tabu

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See also: tabu, tabú, tabù, and tabū

German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /taˈbuː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Noun[edit]

Tabu n (strong, genitive Tabus, plural Tabus)

  1. taboo

Declension[edit]

Declension of Tabu [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Tabu die Tabus
genitive eines des Tabus der Tabus
dative einem dem Tabu den Tabus
accusative ein das Tabu die Tabus

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Further reading[edit]

  • “Tabu” in Duden online
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