Tarnkappe

Tarnkappe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tarnkappe. The first element is likely related to Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“secret, hidden”) and the second element is from Kappe.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʁnˌkapə/

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Noun

Tarnkappe f (genitive Tarnkappe, plural Tarnkappen)

1. cloak of invisibility

Declension

Declension of Tarnkappe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tarnkappe	die	Tarnkappen
genitive	einer	der	Tarnkappe	der	Tarnkappen
dative	einer	der	Tarnkappe	den	Tarnkappen
accusative	eine	die	Tarnkappe	die	Tarnkappen

Related terms

• tarnen
• Kappe
• Tarnmantel
• Tarnkappenbomber

References

1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Tarnkappe”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

• “Tarnkappe” in Duden online
• “Tarnkappe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache