Taufe

== German == === Alternative forms === Täufe, Tauffe, Täuffe, Teufe, Teuffe (all obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German toufe, from Old High German toufī, from Proto-West Germanic *daupīni (“dipping, immersion”). Upper German form with lack of umlaut before a labial; reinforced probably by the fact that the Central German variants clashed with Teufe, older form of Tiefe (“depth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯fə/ Hyphenation: Tau‧fe === Noun === Taufe f (genitive Taufe, plural Taufen) baptism ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Taufe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Taufe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Taufe” in Duden online