tingel-tangel

See also: tingeltangel and Tingeltangel

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tingeltangel, originally Berlin dialect for café-chantant, from the imitative sound of tin cymbals hitting each other.[1] Compare Hungarian tinglitangli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiŋ.ɡɛl ˈtaŋ.ɡɛl/
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Noun

tingel-tangel m inan

  1. (dated) second-rate nightclub (inferior cafe or restaurant where artists performed)
    Synonym: tingel

Declension

Declension of tingel-tangel
singular plural
nominative tingel-tangel tingel-tangle
genitive tingel-tangla tingel-tangli
dative tingel-tanglowi tingel-tanglom
accusative tingel-tangel tingel-tangle
instrumental tingel-tanglem tingel-tanglami
locative tingel-tanglu tingel-tanglach
vocative tingel-tanglu tingel-tangle

Derived terms

adjective
  • tinglowy

References

  1. ^ “tingel-tangel” in Duden online

Further reading

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