etepetete
German
Etymology
From German Low German. A reduplication of öte (“affected, finical”), dialectally ete, possibly influenced by French peut-être (“maybe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌeːtəpəˈteːtə/
Audio (file)
Adjective
etepetete (not comparable)
- (informal, dated, usually only predicative) hoity-toity, finical, affected, stilted
- 1969, Frank Wedekind, Werke: Dramen 1
- Die einen sind hopp-hopp und die andern sind etepetete. Hermann: Ich bin Ihrer Ansicht nach natürlich etepetete. Anna: Wenn Sie nicht einmal sagen dürfen, wozu Sie all das viele Geld nötig haben... Hermann: Jedenfalls nicht, weil ich ...
- 1969, Frank Wedekind, Werke: Dramen 1
Declension
Declension of etepetete
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist etepetete | sie ist etepetete | es ist etepetete | sie sind etepetete | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | — | — | — | — |
| genitive | — | — | — | — | |
| dative | — | — | — | — | |
| accusative | — | — | — | — | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | — | — | — | — |
| genitive | — | — | — | — | |
| dative | — | — | — | — | |
| accusative | — | — | — | — | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | — | — | — | — |
| genitive | — | — | — | — | |
| dative | — | — | — | — | |
| accusative | — | — | — | — | |
Synonyms
- (affected): geziert
Further reading
- etepetete in Duden online
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