See Tat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "gmh:tāt<ety:inh<goh:tāt<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*dādi>>>>"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "tāt"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German tāt",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "goh",
"3": "tāt"
},
"expansion": "Old High German tāt",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "dād"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon dād",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*dādi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *dādi",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Daad/Daat"
},
"expansion": "Low German Daad/Daat",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "daad"
},
"expansion": "Dutch daad",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "deed"
},
"expansion": "English deed",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "dåd"
},
"expansion": "Danish dåd",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "*𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃"
},
"expansion": "Gothic *𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*dēþs)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "θέσις",
"3": "",
"4": "arrangement"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “arrangement”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German tāt, from Old High German tāt (akin to Old Saxon dād), from Proto-West Germanic *dādi.\nCompare Low German Daad/Daat, Dutch daad, English deed, Danish dåd, Gothic *𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*dēþs), and Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “arrangement”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Tat",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Taten",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Tat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Taten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Taten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Taten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Taten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "That",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "Tat f (genitive Tat, plural Taten)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "52 9 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "auf frischer Tat"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "in der Tat"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "tatenlos"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "Täter"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "Tatort"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "Tatverdacht"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "Tatvorwurf"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "Untat"
}
],
"glosses": [
"deed"
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "Beziehungstat"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "Bluttat"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"english": "act of violence",
"translation": "act of violence",
"word": "Gewalttat"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "Gräueltat"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "Heldentat"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "Missetat"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"english": "foul or wicked deed",
"translation": "foul or wicked deed",
"word": "Schandtat"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 0 19",
"word": "Straftat"
}
],
"id": "en-Tat-de-noun-33Xz6h1j",
"links": [
[
"deed",
"deed"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "German terms with collocations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
13,
16
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
15
]
],
"english": "a man of action",
"tags": [
"collocation"
],
"text": "ein Mann der Tat",
"translation": "a man of action",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"act, action"
],
"id": "en-Tat-de-noun-lFI~JT~F",
"links": [
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"action",
"action"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "de",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "de:Law",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "0 0 100",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "de",
"name": "Crime",
"orig": "de:Crime",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"crime, offense"
],
"id": "en-Tat-de-noun-MkvJY1jm",
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"crime",
"crime"
],
[
"offense",
"offense"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) crime, offense"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/taːt/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Tat.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dc/De-Tat.ogg/De-Tat.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/De-Tat.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aːt"
},
{
"homophone": "tat"
}
],
"word": "Tat"
}
{
"categories": [
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German feminine nouns",
"German lemmas",
"German nouns",
"German palindromes",
"German terms derived from Middle High German",
"German terms derived from Old High German",
"German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-",
"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"German terms inherited from Old High German",
"German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"German terms with homophones",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with inline etymon for redlinks",
"Rhymes:German/aːt",
"Rhymes:German/aːt/1 syllable",
"de:Crime"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "auf frischer Tat"
},
{
"word": "in der Tat"
},
{
"word": "tatenlos"
},
{
"word": "Täter"
},
{
"word": "Tatort"
},
{
"word": "Tatverdacht"
},
{
"word": "Tatvorwurf"
},
{
"word": "Untat"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "gmh:tāt<ety:inh<goh:tāt<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*dādi>>>>"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "tāt"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German tāt",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "goh",
"3": "tāt"
},
"expansion": "Old High German tāt",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "dād"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon dād",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*dādi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *dādi",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Daad/Daat"
},
"expansion": "Low German Daad/Daat",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "daad"
},
"expansion": "Dutch daad",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "deed"
},
"expansion": "English deed",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "dåd"
},
"expansion": "Danish dåd",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "*𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃"
},
"expansion": "Gothic *𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*dēþs)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "θέσις",
"3": "",
"4": "arrangement"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “arrangement”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German tāt, from Old High German tāt (akin to Old Saxon dād), from Proto-West Germanic *dādi.\nCompare Low German Daad/Daat, Dutch daad, English deed, Danish dåd, Gothic *𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*dēþs), and Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “arrangement”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Tat",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Taten",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Tat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Taten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Taten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Taten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Taten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "That",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "Tat f (genitive Tat, plural Taten)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"word": "Beziehungstat"
},
{
"word": "Bluttat"
},
{
"english": "act of violence",
"translation": "act of violence",
"word": "Gewalttat"
},
{
"word": "Gräueltat"
},
{
"word": "Heldentat"
},
{
"word": "Missetat"
},
{
"english": "foul or wicked deed",
"translation": "foul or wicked deed",
"word": "Schandtat"
},
{
"word": "Straftat"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"deed"
],
"links": [
[
"deed",
"deed"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with collocations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
13,
16
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
15
]
],
"english": "a man of action",
"tags": [
"collocation"
],
"text": "ein Mann der Tat",
"translation": "a man of action",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"act, action"
],
"links": [
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"action",
"action"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"de:Law"
],
"glosses": [
"crime, offense"
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"crime",
"crime"
],
[
"offense",
"offense"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) crime, offense"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/taːt/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Tat.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dc/De-Tat.ogg/De-Tat.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/De-Tat.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aːt"
},
{
"homophone": "tat"
}
],
"word": "Tat"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Tat meaning in German (4.9kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.