Tand

See also: tand

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German tant (idle talk, tricks), of unclear origin, possibly a Romance borrowing, compare Spanish tanto (purchase price, literally so much). Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Danish tant, Norwegian Bokmål tant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̥and̥/

Noun

Tand m

  1. trifles; trinkets

Derived terms

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tant (idle talk, tricks), of unclear origin, possibly a Romance borrowing, compare Spanish tanto (purchase price, literally so much)[1]. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Danish tant, Norwegian Bokmål tant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tant/
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • (file)

Noun

Tand m (strong, genitive Tandes or Tands, no plural)

  1. (dated) trifles; trinkets
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Zeug
    • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:
      Ist es nicht Staub? was diese hohe Wand, / Aus hundert Fächern, mir verenget; / Der Trödel, der mit tausendfachem Tand, / In dieser Mottenwelt mich dränget?
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Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), Tand”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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