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Tutu

German, noun/tyˈtyː/

Tutu is spelled T-U-T-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tutu is a German neuter noun meaning “tutu (ballet skirt)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von Balletttänzerinnen getragener kurzer Rock, meist aus Tüll”.

What does Tutu mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neutertutu (ballet skirt)

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. von Balletttänzerinnen getragener kurzer Rock, meist aus Tüll

noun: 1. sumerische Gottheit

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 Tutu

  • Tutus genitive
  • (der) Tutu nominative singular
  • des Tutu genitive singular
  • (des) Tutus genitive singular
  • (dem) Tutu dative singular
  • (den) Tutu accusative singular

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

How do you pronounce Tutu?

  • /tyˈtyː/
  • [tyˈtyː]
  • […]

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

English words that translate to Tutu

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

How common is Tutu in German?

Tutu appears about once in every 2 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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