Tüte
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tute"
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”). Cognate with Dutch tuit (“spout”). Further origin unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtyː.tə/
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Noun
Tüte f (genitive Tüte, plural Tüten, diminutive Tütchen n)
- a small to medium-sized bag, usually of paper or plastic (sometimes also of fabric, for which more properly Beutel)
- Synonym: (Austria, Bavaria) Sackerl
- Coordinate terms: Beutel, Tragetasche
- (Germany, especially eastern regions) Short for Eistüte (“ice cream cone”).
- (slang) joint, spliff (marijuana cigarette)
- 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
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Hyponyms
- Brötchentüte, Einkaufstüte, Eistüte, Papiertüte, Plastetüte, Plastiktüte, Schultüte
Derived terms
- tütenartig
- tütenförmig
- tütenlos
- eintüten
Related terms
- Tütenfabrik, Tütenherstellung, Tütenverbot, Tütenverbrauch
Proper noun
die Tüte f (proper noun, genitive Tüte)
- (Bielefeld, colloquial) The exit area of the subway stop Hauptbahnhof.
Declension
Further reading
- “Tüte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Tüte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Tüte” in Duden online
- Tüte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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