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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

tante.

aunt

5 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. aunt

    feminine · masculine
    Tante Anna kommer på besøk i morgen.
    Min fars søster er min tante.
Where this word comes from

From German Tante (“aunt”), from French tante (“aunt”), from Middle French tante, from Old French ante, antain (“aunt”), from Latin amita (“paternal aunt; father's sister”) (combined with Vulgar Latin *amitāna), from Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- (“mother”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.