Tinte

See also: tinte, tinté, and tintē

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Tente in the 16th century. Likely derived from Middle Dutch tinte (“tent, temporary shelter”). Proposed derivations from Medieval Latin tincta (“tincture, paint”) (as a reference to madder production) or Middle Dutch tinte (“notched lower section of an arrow”) (as a reference to shape of the polder the village is located in) are significantly less likely.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Tin‧te

Proper noun

Tinte n

1. A village in Westvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

   Synonym: De Tinte (Zealandic, unofficial)

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German

Alternative forms

• Dinte (obsolete; until 19th c.)

Etymology

From Middle High German tincte, tinte, dinte, etc., from Old High German tincta, borrowed from Medieval Latin tincta, from tingere (“to wet, dip, dye, tinge”). Doublet of Tinktur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪntə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Tin‧te

Noun

Tinte f (genitive Tinte, plural Tinten)

1. ink

Declension

Declension of Tinte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tinte	die	Tinten
genitive	einer	der	Tinte	der	Tinten
dative	einer	der	Tinte	den	Tinten
accusative	eine	die	Tinte	die	Tinten

Descendants

• → Estonian: tint
• → Hungarian: tinta
• → Latvian: tinte
• → Livonian: tint
• → Silesian: tinta

Related terms

• in der Tinte sitzen
• Tintenfass
• Tintenfisch
• Tintenfüller
• Tintenklecks
• Tintenpatrone
• Tintenstrahldrucker

 

Further reading

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

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰintə/

Noun

Tinte f

1. plural of Tint