Dingsbums
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German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Dingsbums n or m or f (genitive Dingsbums, plural Dingsbumse)
- (colloquial) thingy, thingie, thingamajig, thingamabob (something whose name one cannot recall)
- (colloquial) whosit, whatshisname (a person whose name one cannot recall)
Usage notes[edit]
- Dingsbums is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Dingsbums
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Dingsbums | die | Dingsbumse |
| genitive | eines | des | Dingsbums | der | Dingsbumse |
| dative | einem | dem | Dingsbums | den | Dingsbumsen |
| accusative | ein | das | Dingsbums | die | Dingsbumse |
Descendants[edit]
- Norwegian Bokmål: dingseboms
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Dingsbums” in Duden online