"Titte" meaning in German

See Titte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɪtə/ Audio: De-Titte.ogg , De-Titte2.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Low German Titte (“nipple; breast”), from Middle Low German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”); according to Pokorny, this is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”), though this is uncertain. In any case, all are of expressive origin. Doublet of Zitze, which was inherited. Cognate with Dutch tiet, English tit, teat. Borrowed into Romance from Germanic are French tette, Italian zizza; also compare the inherited Romance forms like Spanish teta, Venetan tetar. Etymology templates: {{der|de|nds|Titte||nipple; breast}} Low German Titte (“nipple; breast”), {{der|de|gml|-}} Middle Low German, {{der|de|gem-pro|*titt-|t=teat; nipple; breast}} Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), {{der|de|ine-pro|*tata-|t=father; parent; nipple}} Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”), {{onomatopoeic|de|title=expressive}} expressive, {{cog|nl|tiet}} Dutch tiet, {{cog|en|tit}} English tit, {{cog|fr|tette}} French tette, {{cog|it|zizza}} Italian zizza, {{cog|es|teta}} Spanish teta, {{cog|vec|tetar}} Venetan tetar Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=chen}} Titte f (genitive Titte, plural Titten, diminutive Tittchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Titte [genitive], Titten [plural], Tittchen [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Titte [nominative, singular], Titten [definite, nominative, plural], Titte [genitive, singular], Titten [definite, genitive, plural], Titte [dative, singular], Titten [dative, definite, plural], Titte [accusative, singular], Titten [accusative, definite, plural], T*tte [alternative], T*tt* [alternative]
  1. (informal, somewhat vulgar) tit; boob (woman’s breast) Tags: feminine, informal, vulgar Derived forms: Tittenbonus

Inflected forms

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