Tanne

See also: tanne, tanné, and tänne

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German tanne, from Old High German tanna, from Proto-Germanic *dannǭ. Cognate with German Tanne.

Noun

Tanne f

1. (Uri) fir (conifer of the genus Abies)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German tanne, from Old High German tanna, from Proto-Germanic *dannǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”). Per this hypothesis, related to Hittite [script needed] (tanau, “fir”), Latin femur, genitive feminis (“thigh”), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə), Sanskrit धनु (dhánu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanə/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anə

Noun

Tanne f (genitive Tanne, plural Tannen)

1. fir (genus Abies)

Synonyms

• Tannenbaum

Hypernyms

• Nadelbaum

Hyponyms

• Edeltanne
• Grautanne
• Hemlocktanne
• Himalaya-Tanne
• Korea-Tanne
• Küstentanne
• Nordmanntanne
• Schierlingstanne
• Sibirische Tanne
• Silbertanne
• Weißtanne

 

Derived terms

• tannen

Related terms

• Tannengrün
• Tannenhäher
• Tannenharz
• Tannenholz
• Tannenhonig
• Tannenlichtung
• Tannenmeise
• Tannennadel
• Tannenschonung
• Tannenwald
• Tannenwipfel
• Tannenzapfen
• Tannenzweig

 

Further reading

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