Tribut

See also: tribut and tribüt

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tribūtum.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

Tribut m (strong, genitive Tributes or Tributs, plural Tribute)

1. tribute (payment made by one nation to another in submission)
2. (figurative) toll

   seinen Tribut fordern ― to take its toll

Declension

Declension of Tribut [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tribut	die	Tribute
genitive	eines	des	Tributes, Tributs	der	Tribute
dative	einem	dem	Tribut, Tribute1	den	Tributen
accusative	einen	den	Tribut	die	Tribute

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Tribut” in Duden online