Polyglot Dictionary

Etikette

/eti.kɛtə/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Etiketten

Meaning

  1. etiquette, social protocol

    • Bei einem Geschäftsessen sollte man die Etikette beachten.

      At a business dinner, one should observe proper etiquette.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Formal word for the unwritten rules of polite behavior in a social or professional setting. Also the everyday word for a product "label/tag" — an unrelated sense of the same spelling.

Practice

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2 Fill the gap: Bei einem Geschäftsessen sollte man die ___ beachten.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Etikette?

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