Tatterich
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtatəʁɪç]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Tat‧te‧rich
- Homophone: tatterig
Noun
Tatterich m (strong, genitive Tatteriches or Tatterichs, plural Tatteriche)
- (colloquial, uncountable, idiomatic) shakes
- 1902, Alfred Funke, Aus Deutsch-Brasilien, B. G. Teubner, page 184:
- Ich sage euch, der Kerl hat den Tatterich in den Fingern, als ob er in der Luft Klavier spiele […]
- I tell you, the fellow has the shakes in the fingers, as if he played piano in the air […]
- 1902, Alfred Funke, Aus Deutsch-Brasilien, B. G. Teubner, page 184:
- (colloquial, countable, derogatory) dodderer
- Synonym: Tattergreis
Declension
Declension of Tatterich [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Tatterich | die | Tatteriche |
| genitive | eines | des | Tatteriches, Tatterichs | der | Tatteriche |
| dative | einem | dem | Tatterich, Tatteriche1 | den | Tatterichen |
| accusative | einen | den | Tatterich | die | Tatteriche |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
- “Tatterich” in Duden online
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