Taverne
See also: taverne
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German taverne, from Italian taverna and/or Old French taverne.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editTaverne f (genitive Taverne, plural Tavernen)
- a Mediterranean wine bar and/or simple restaurant, especially an Italian or Greek one; a taverna
- Synonym: (especially Iberian) Bodega
- 1912, Thomas Mann, chapter 3, in Der Tod in Venedig [Death in Venice][1], München: Hyperionverlag, →OCLC:
- Er gab Weisung, sein Gepäck ins Bäder-Hotel zu bringen, und folgte dem Karren durch die Allee, die weißblühende Allee, welche, Tavernen, Bazare, Pensionen zu beiden Seiten, quer über die Insel zum Strande läuft.
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- 2014 April 28, Gerd Höhler, “24/7 an der Akropolis”, in ZEITmagazin[2]:
- Wenn sie an Griechenlandreisen denken, denken viele Fans des Landes an Inselhüpfen, gemütliche Tavernen und kleine Pensionen.
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- 2017 April 26, Claire Beermann, “Was bleibt”, in ZEITmagazin[3]:
- Von Erich Kästner stammt der berühmte Spruch, dass die Toren in fremden Ländern ins Museum gehen, die Weisen aber in die Tavernen. Wie finden Sie Zugang zu einem Land?
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- (now Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) inn, tavern, traditional restaurant or hotel
- Synonyms: Lokal, Gaststätte, Gastwirtschaft; Pension, Gasthaus
Declension
editDeclension of Taverne [feminine]
Further reading
edit- “Taverne” in Duden online
- “Taverne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Taverne” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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