Tüte
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”). Cognate with Dutch tuit (“spout”). Further origin unknown.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Tüte f (genitive Tüte, plural Tüten, diminutive Tütchen n)
- a small to medium-sized bag, usually of paper or plastic (sometimes also of fabric, for which more properly Beutel)
- Synonym: (regional) Sackerl
- Coordinate terms: Beutel, Tragetasche
- ice cream cone
- (slang) joint, spliff (Jamaican, UK, Australia), blunt (US) (marijuana cigarette), reefer
- 2000, “Grüne Brille”, in Deluxe Soundsystem, performed by Dynamite Deluxe:
- Alles ist cool, solange ich genügend chille / Gras in Tüten hülle, die Lunge mit Zügen fülle / Die grüne Brille, ohne sie hätt' ich vor'm Leben Schiss
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Tüte [feminine]
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Further reading[edit]
- “Tüte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Tüte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Tüte” in Duden online
Tüte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de