Tarnkappe

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German tarnkappe. The first element is likely related to Proto-West Germanic *darnī (secret, hidden) and the second element is from Kappe.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʁnˌkapə/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

Tarnkappe f (genitive Tarnkappe, plural Tarnkappen)

  1. cloak of invisibility

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References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • Tarnkappe” in Duden online
  • Tarnkappe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache