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.
Declension
| Declension of tingeltangel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | tingeltangel | tingeltanglet | — | — |
| Genitive | tingeltangels | tingeltanglets | — | — |
Derived terms
- tingeltangelmusik
References
- tingeltangel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tingeltangel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tingeltangel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tingeltangel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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