tingeltangel
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See also: Tingeltangel and tingel-tangel
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Tingeltangel, originally Berlin dialect for café-chantant, imitative of the music played there. Attested since 1883. Cognate of Finnish tingeltangeli. Compare dingeldangel, dingla, English tingle-tangle.
Noun
[edit]tingeltangel n
- bric-a-brac, knick-knack, trinket
- Synonyms: grannlåt, krimskrams
Declension
[edit]Declension of tingeltangel
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | tingeltangel | tingeltangels |
| definite | tingeltanglet | tingeltanglets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — | |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- tingeltangel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tingeltangel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tingeltangel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tingeltangel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)