tingeltangel
See also: Tingeltangel and tingel-tangel
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From German Tingeltangel, originally Berlin dialect for café-chantant, imitative of the music played there. Attested since 1883. Cognate of Finnish tingeltangeli. Compare dingeldangel, dingla, English tingle-tangle.
Noun edit
tingeltangel n
- bric-a-brac, knick-knack, trinket
- Synonyms: grannlåt, krimskrams
Declension edit
| Declension of tingeltangel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | tingeltangel | tingeltanglet | — | — |
| Genitive | tingeltangels | tingeltanglets | — | — |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- tingeltangel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tingeltangel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tingeltangel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tingeltangel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)