Feminine

Tasche

Meaning

  1. (feminine) bag
  2. (feminine) pocket

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

däsche

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

sagg

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtaʃə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German tasche, from Old High German taska, tasca. Further origin unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ. Cognate with Dutch tas, Hunsrik Tasch, Middle Low German tasche (“bag, pouch”), Old Norse taska (“bag, purse”) (probably borrowed from Low German). Compare English tasse (“plate armor, which protects the thighs”).

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