Tüte

Borrowed from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”). Cognate with English tote (“bag”), Dutch tuit (“spout”). Further origin unknown, though has been suggested to be part of a sound-symbolic family of words including Zitze (“teat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtyː.tə/

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Tüte f (genitive Tüte, plural Tüten, diminutive Tütchen n)

1. a small to medium-sized bag, usually of paper or plastic (sometimes also of fabric, for which more properly Beutel is used)

   Synonym: (Austria, Bavaria) Sackerl

   Coordinate terms: Beutel, Tragetasche

2. (Germany, especially eastern regions) ellipsis of Eistüte (“ice cream cone”)

   Synonyms: Waffel, (western Germany) Hörnchen, (Austria) Stanitzel, (Switzerland) Cornet

3. (slang) joint, spliff (marijuana cigarette)

   Synonyms: Dübel, Joint

   • 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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die Tüte f (proper noun, genitive Tüte)

1. (colloquial) The exit area of the subway stop Hauptbahnhof in Bielefeld

• “Tüte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Tüte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Tüte” in Duden online
• Tüte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de