Tünnes

German

Etymology

West Central German form of the name Anton or Antonius. Compare the traditional Colognian humorous characters Tünnes un Schäl, where, however, Tünnes is a quirky, but not a ridiculous or stupid person.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʏnəs/

Noun

Tünnes m (strong, genitive Tünnes, plural Tünnesse)

(colloquial, regional, Western Germany) tomfool, a male person who is (for whatever reason) ridiculous, not to be taken seriously
Der Typ ist so ein Tünnes!
The guy is such a tomfool!
(colloquial, regional, Western Germany) a male person who is clumsy or forgetful (less negative than sense 1)
Och du Tünnes, du solltest doch Butter mitbringen!
Hey stupid, you were supposed to bring butter, too!

Declension

Declension of Tünnes [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tünnes	die	Tünnesse
genitive	eines	des	Tünnes	der	Tünnesse
dative	einem	dem	Tünnes	den	Tünnessen
accusative	einen	den	Tünnes	die	Tünnesse

Synonyms

(sense 1) Hanswurst
(sense 2) Dummerchen