Tattoo

See also: tattoo

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English tattoo. The rather common pronunciation with initial stress perhaps partly from a mistakenly assumed English form, but at least reinforced by the related words tätowieren, Tätowierung (both with unstressed -o- and often secondary stress on -ä-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈtuː/, /tɛˈtuː/, /ˈtɛtu/
• Hyphenation: Tat‧too

Noun

Tattoo n or m (genitive Tattoos, plural Tattoos)

1. tattoo

Usage notes

• Generally neuter. The masculine gender is rare.

Synonyms

• Tätowierung

References

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