OpprinnelseFrom 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”).
- feminine, masculineaunt
“Tante Anna kommer på besøk i morgen.” — Aunt Anna is coming to visit tomorrow.
“Min fars søster er min tante.” — My father's sister is my aunt.
Bøyningertanta(definite, singular) · tanten(definite, singular) · tanter(indefinite, plural) · tantene(definite, plural)