tingel-tangel

See also: tingeltangel and Tingeltangel

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tingeltangel, originally Berlin dialect for café-chantant, from the imitative sound of tin cymbals hitting each other. Compare Hungarian tinglitangli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiŋ.ɡɛlˈtaŋ.ɡɛl/
• Rhymes: -aŋɡɛl
• Syllabification: tin‧gel‧tan‧gel

Noun

tingel-tangel m inan

1. (dated) second-rate nightclub (inferior cafe or restaurant where artists performed)

   Synonym: tingel

Declension

Declension of tingel-tangel

	singular	plural
nominative	tingel-tangel	tingel-tangle
genitive	tingel-tangla	tingel-tangli
dative	tingel-tanglowi	tingel-tanglom
accusative	tingel-tangel	tingel-tangle
instrumental	tingel-tanglem	tingel-tanglami
locative	tingel-tanglu	tingel-tanglach
vocative	tingel-tanglu	tingel-tangle

Derived terms

adjective

• tinglowy

 

Further reading

• tingel-tangel in Polish dictionaries at PWN