tingeltangel

See also: Tingeltangel and tingel-tangel

Swedish

Etymology

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

tingeltangel n

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

Declension

Declension of tingeltangel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tingeltangel tingeltangels
definite tingeltanglet tingeltanglets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Derived terms

  • tingeltangelmusik

References

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