Titte

German

Alternative forms

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.[1] In any case, all are of expressive origin.[2][3]

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪtə/
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  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Titte f (genitive Titte, plural Titten, diminutive Tittchen n)

  1. (informal, somewhat vulgar) tit; boob (woman’s breast)
    • 2022, “Dicke Titten”, performed by Rammstein:
      Sie muss nicht reich sein / Kein Model mit langen Schritten / Doch dicke Titten
      She doesn't have to be rich / Not a model with long strides / But big tits

Declension

Declension of Titte [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Titte die Titten
genitive einer der Titte der Titten
dative einer der Titte den Titten
accusative eine die Titte die Titten

Derived terms

  • Tittenbonus

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “tata-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1056
  2. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Zitze”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  3. ^ “Titte” in Duden online

Further reading

  • “Titte” in Duden online
  • “Titte”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
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