Tante (Noun): aunt | German Vocabulary

noun

aunt

Tante (die): means 'aunt' — a sister of a parent or wife/husband’s sister. Feminine noun used for family relations and polite address. Plural: Tanten. Regular declension. No fixed preposition; common phrases: meine Tante. Usage is straightforward in kinship contexts.

Examples

Am Wochenende besuchte er seine Tante, weil sie verletzt war.

At the weekend he visited his aunt because she was injured.

Meine Tante kommt am Sonntag zu Besuch.

My aunt is coming to visit on Sunday.

Meine Tante aus Amerika kommt uns besuchen.

My aunt from America is coming to visit us.

Details

PluralTanten

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	die Tante	die Tanten
genitive	der Tante	der Tanten
dative	der Tante	den Tanten
accusative	die Tante	die Tanten

Mnemonics

👁️Imagine a friendly aunt waving and wearing a name badge that says 'Tante'.

⚧️die (feminine): picture the aunt wearing a 'die' brooch to remember feminine gender.

Notes

Basic family vocabulary. Plural is 'Tanten'. 'Tante' is always feminine.

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