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Tante: aunt — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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Tante

aunt

the sister of one's mother or father, or the wife of an uncle

IPA/ˈtantə/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

Tante: aunt

Meaning 1neutral · 88%

the sister of one's mother or father, or the wife of an uncle

Am Wochenende besuchen wir meine Tante in Köln.

Meine Tante ist die jüngere Schwester meiner Mutter.

Ich habe meiner Tante schon zum Geburtstag geschrieben.

German Tante does not distinguish maternal and paternal aunts. Context or extra explanation is used when the distinction matters.

Tante can mean your mother's sister, father's sister, or an uncle's wife.

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Who can be called Tante in German?

Tante is a feminine countable noun for the sister of one's mother or father, or the wife of an uncle.