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 | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | tingeltangel | tingeltanglet | — | — |
Genitive | tingeltangels | tingeltanglets | — | — |
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)