tingeltangel

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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

  1. bric-a-brac, knick-knack, trinket
    Synonyms: grannlåt, krimskrams

Declension[edit]

Declension of tingeltangel 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative tingeltangel tingeltanglet
Genitive tingeltangels tingeltanglets

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