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Tanne

German, noun/ˈtanə/

Tanne is spelled T-A-N-N-E (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tanne is a German feminine noun meaning “fir (genus Abies)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr großer Nadelbaum mit bis 3 m dicken Stämmen und einer kegelförmigen Krone”.

What does Tanne mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefir (genus Abies)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. sehr großer Nadelbaum mit bis 3 m dicken Stämmen und einer kegelförmigen Krone 2. Gattung/Art der Familie Kieferngewächse 3. Holz meist aus den Stämmen der Weiß-Tanne für den Innenbau, Erd-, Wasserbau, als Konstruktionsholz, für Musikinstrumente, auch als Rohstoff für die Papier- und Zellstoff-Herstellung 4. allgemein kegelförmig wachsende Nadelbäume

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Tanne

  • Tannen plural
  • [3] nach EN 13556: ABAL (für Weiß-Tanne) abbreviation
  • Tännchen diminutive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Tanne?

  • /ˈtanə/
  • [ˈtanə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Tanne

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Tanne in German?

Tanne appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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