Tüte
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tute"
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: (Austria, Bavaria) Sackerl
- Coordinate terms: Beutel, Tragetasche
- (Germany, especially eastern regions) Short for Eistüte (“ice cream cone”).
- (slang) joint, spliff (marijuana cigarette)
- 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
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Declension edit
Declension of Tüte [feminine]
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Proper noun edit
die Tüte f (proper noun, genitive Tüte)
- (Bielefeld, colloquial) The exit area of the subway stop Hauptbahnhof.
Declension edit
Declension of Tüte [sg-only, feminine]
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