etepetete
German, adjective/ˌeːtəpəˈteːtə/
etepetete is spelled E-T-E-P-E-T-E-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Etepetete is a German adjective meaning “hoity-toity, finical, affected, stilted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übermäßig empfindlich, übertrieben fein, geziert”.
What does etepetete mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalhoity-toity, finical, affected, stilted
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. übermäßig empfindlich, übertrieben fein, geziert 2. steif, nicht ungezwungen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce etepetete?
- /ˌeːtəpəˈteːtə/
- [eːtəpeˈteːtə]
- [eːtəpəˈteːtə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to etepetete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is etepetete in German?
etepetete appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).