"Tat" meaning in German

See Tat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /taːt/ Audio: De-Tat.ogg
Rhymes: -aːt Etymology: From Middle High German tāt, from Old High German tāt (akin to Old Saxon dād), from Proto-West Germanic *dādi. Compare Low German Daad/Daat, Dutch daad, English deed, Danish dåd, Gothic *𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*dēþs), and Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “arrangement”). Etymology templates: {{root|de|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{dercat|de|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|de|gmh|tāt}} Middle High German tāt, {{inh|de|goh|tāt}} Old High German tāt, {{cog|osx|dād}} Old Saxon dād, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*dādi}} Proto-West Germanic *dādi, {{cog|nds|Daad/Daat}} Low German Daad/Daat, {{cog|nl|daad}} Dutch daad, {{cog|en|deed}} English deed, {{cog|da|dåd}} Danish dåd, {{cog|got|*𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃}} Gothic *𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*dēþs), {{cog|grc|θέσις||arrangement}} Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “arrangement”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Tat f (genitive Tat, plural Taten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Tat [genitive], Taten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Tat [nominative, singular], Taten [definite, nominative, plural], Tat [genitive, singular], Taten [definite, genitive, plural], Tat [dative, singular], Taten [dative, definite, plural], Tat [accusative, singular], Taten [accusative, definite, plural], That [alternative]
  1. deed Tags: feminine Hyponyms: Beziehungstat, Bluttat, Gewalttat () (english: act of violence), Gräueltat, Heldentat, Missetat, Schandtat () (english: foul or wicked deed), Straftat Derived forms: auf frischer Tat, in der Tat, tatenlos, Täter, Tatort, Tatverdacht, Untat
    Sense id: en-Tat-de-noun-33Xz6h1j Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 54 9 36
  2. act, action Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Tat-de-noun-lFI~JT~F Categories (other): German terms with collocations
  3. (law) crime, offense Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Tat-de-noun-MkvJY1jm Categories (other): Law, Crime Disambiguation of Crime: 0 0 100 Topics: law

Inflected forms

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}

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