Dingsbums
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German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Dingsbums n or m or f (strong, genitive Dingsbums, plural Dingsbumse)
- (colloquial) thingy, thingie, thingamajig, thingamabob (something whose name one cannot recall)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Dings
- (colloquial) whosit, whatshisname (a person whose name one cannot recall)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Dings
Usage notes[edit]
- Dingsbums is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Dingsbums [neuter // masculine // feminine, strong]
Descendants[edit]
- Norwegian Bokmål: dingseboms
Further reading[edit]
- “Dingsbums” in Duden online