"etepetete" meaning in German

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌeːtəpəˈteːtə/ Audio: De-etepetete.ogg
Rhymes: -eːtə Etymology: Borrowed from German Low German. A reduplication of öte (“affected, finical”), dialectally ete, possibly influenced by French peut-être (“maybe”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|de|nds-de|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} German Low German, {{bor+|de|nds-de|-}} Borrowed from German Low German, {{m|nds-de|öte||affected, finical}} öte (“affected, finical”), {{cog|fr|peut-être||maybe}} French peut-être (“maybe”) Head templates: {{de-adj|predonly}} etepetete (indeclinable, predicative only) Inflection templates: {{de-adecl|predonly}}
  1. (informal, usually only predicative) hoity-toity, finical, affected, stilted Tags: indeclinable, informal, predicative, usually Synonyms: geziert
    Sense id: en-etepetete-de-adj-AZ8HsFWZ Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

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