Dingsbums
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Dingsbums n or m or f (strong, genitive Dingsbums, plural Dingsbumse)
- (colloquial) thingy, thingie, thingamajig, thingamabob (something whose name one cannot recall)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Dings
- (colloquial) whosit, whatshisname (a person whose name one cannot recall)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Dings
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 [neuter // masculine // feminine, strong]
Descendants edit
- Norwegian Bokmål: dingseboms
Further reading edit
- “Dingsbums” in Duden online