Taufe

Concepts

baptism

christening

baptize

naming

baptismal ceremony

fullought

Synonyms

Bad

🛀

Einweihung

Abwaschung

Namensgebung

feierliche Namensgebung

Taufzeremonie

Taufritual

Kindtaufe

christliche Taufe

Translations

baptême

battesimo

bautismo

doop

bautizo

doopsel

vaftiz

batismo

baptismo

baptismus

baptisma

βάπτισμα

baptisme

βάφτισμα

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

dauffi

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtaʊ̯fə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: toufe

Inherited from Old High German: toufī

In summary

From Middle High German toufe, from Old High German toufī, from Proto-West Germanic *daupīni (“dipping, immersion”).
Upper German form with lack of umlaut before a labial; reinforced probably by the fact that the Central German variants clashed with Teufe, older form of Tiefe (“depth”).