Tarnkappe
German, noun/ˈtaʁnˌkapə/
Tarnkappe is spelled T-A-R-N-K-A-P-P-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tarnkappe is a German feminine noun meaning “cloak of invisibility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mythischer Gegenstand in Form einer Kappe, der seinen Träger zeitweise unsichtbar macht”.
What does Tarnkappe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecloak of invisibility
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mythischer Gegenstand in Form einer Kappe, der seinen Träger zeitweise unsichtbar macht
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 Tarnkappe
- Tarnkappen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tarnkappe?
- /ˈtaʁnˌkapə/
- [ˈtaʁnˌkapə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tarnkappe in German?
Tarnkappe appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).