Translation
the tattoo, tattooing
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Word origin
From the verb tätowieren, itself borrowed from English tattoo, which English in turn took from Tahitian or Samoan tatau, describing the marking of skin with ink.
- Origin
- Polynesian, via English
- Root
- tatau
- English cognates
- tattoo
Grammar
Examples
stechen .
She had a small tattoo done on her arm.
.
His tattoo shows his daughter's name.
bereuen .
Many people regret their first tattoo later in life.
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