tante – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of tante

Noun: tante
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:
Sg.tante
Pl.tantes

Sample Sentences

  • De zuster was een kranige tante. (The nurse was a hardy dame.)

Etymology

Borrowed from French tante, from Middle French tante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European *amma-. See: French Nouns 'tante', Latin Nouns 'amita'.

Verbs referencing "tante"

English Nouns tannie.

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