"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: {{bor+|de|nds-de|-}} Borrowed from German Low German, {{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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1969, Frank Wedekind, Werke: Dramen 1:",
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