Dingsbums

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪŋsbʊms/

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Noun

Dingsbums n or m or f (strong, genitive Dingsbums, plural Dingsbumse)

1. (colloquial) thingy, thingie, thingamajig, thingamabob (something whose name one cannot recall)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Dings

2. (colloquial) whosit, whatshisname (a person whose name one cannot recall)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Dings

Usage notes

• Dingsbums is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix.

Declension

Declension of Dingsbums [neuter // masculine // feminine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein, eine	das, der, die	Dingsbums	die	Dingsbumse
genitive	eines, einer	des, der	Dingsbums	der	Dingsbumse
dative	einem, einer	dem, der	Dingsbums	den	Dingsbumsen
accusative	ein, einen, eine	das, den, die	Dingsbums	die	Dingsbumse

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: dingseboms

Further reading

• “Dingsbums” in Duden online