Tattoo

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈtuː/, /tɛˈtuː/, /ˈtɛtu/ Hyphenation: Tat‧too Rhymes: -uː === Etymology 1 === 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-). ==== Noun ==== Tattoo n or (rare) m (strong, genitive Tattoos, plural Tattoos) tattoo Synonym: Tätowierung ===== Usage notes ===== Generally neuter. The masculine gender is rare. ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English tattoo, from Dutch taptoe. ==== Noun ==== Tattoo m (strong, genitive Tattoos, plural Tattoos) (military) tattoo (drum or bugle signal ordering soldiers to return to their quarters) Synonym: Zapfenstreich (military) tattoo (military display or pageant) ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “Tattoo” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Tattoo (Tätowierung)” in Duden online “Tattoo (Zapfenstreich)” in Duden online