"Tinnef" meaning in German

See Tinnef in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɪnɛf/, /ˈtɪnəf/ Audio: De-Tinnef.ogg [Germany, Berlin] Forms: Tinnefs [genitive], strong [table-tags], Tinnef [definite, nominative, singular], Tinnefs [genitive, singular], Tinnef [dative, singular], Tinnef [accusative, definite, singular]
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish טנוף (tinef) (via Rotwelsch), from Hebrew טִנּוּף (tinnúf, “trash”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|yi|טנוף||tr=tinef}} Borrowed from Yiddish טנוף (tinef), {{der|de|he|טִנּוּף||trash|tr=tinnúf}} Hebrew טִנּוּף (tinnúf, “trash”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m:n.sg}} Tinnef m or n (strong, genitive Tinnefs, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m:n.sg}}
  1. (dated, derogatory) junk, stuff of poor quality Tags: dated, derogatory, masculine, neuter, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Tinnef-de-noun-mGcPrWgS Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Rotwelsch, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Synonyms: Dreck [vulgar], Firlefanz [derogatory], Flitter, Gedöns [regional], Gelumpe, Geraffel [regional], Gerümpel [derogatory], Glumpert, Graffelwerk, Kaff [Northern-Germany], Kinkerlitzchen, Kladderadatsch, Klamotten, Klimbim, Klumpatsch [regional], Klumpert, Kram, Kramuri [Austria], Krempel, Kribskrabs [dated], Krimskrams, Kroppzeug, Mist [vulgar], Müll [derogatory], Nippes, Plunder [derogatory], Prüll [regional], Ramsch [derogatory], Scheiß [vulgar], Scheißdreck [vulgar], Schnickschnack [derogatory], Schrott [derogatory], Schund [derogatory], Stuff, Talmi [Austria], Tand [dated], Tinnef [dated], Trödel, Zeug, Zeugs [derogatory], Zinnober [dated]

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "טנוף",
      "טנוף#Yiddish"
    ],
    [
      "Rotwelsch",
      "Rotwelsch"
    ],
    [
      "טִנּוּף",
      "טנוף#Hebrew"
    ]
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "he",
        "3": "טִנּוּף",
        "4": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew טִנּוּף (tinnúf, “trash”)",
      "name": "der"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Yiddish טנוף (tinef) (via Rotwelsch), from Hebrew טִנּוּף (tinnúf, “trash”).",
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    {
      "form": "Tinnefs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tinnef",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
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    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
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            [
              83,
              89
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2013 December 22, Philip Eicker, “Hamburger Erotik-Weihnachtsmarkt: Oh Tannenbaum”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:",
          "text": "In der Weihnachtsmarktwirtschaft schlägt sich Santa Pauli ganz gut. Der angebotene Tinnef kommt aus dem Viertel.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "Dreck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Firlefanz"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Flitter"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "Gedöns"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Gelumpe"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "Geraffel"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Gerümpel"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Glumpert"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Graffelwerk"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "Northern-Germany"
          ],
          "word": "Kaff"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Kinkerlitzchen"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Kladderadatsch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Klamotten"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Klimbim"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "Klumpatsch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Klumpert"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Kram"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "Austria"
          ],
          "word": "Kramuri"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Krempel"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Kribskrabs"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Krimskrams"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Kroppzeug"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "Mist"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Müll"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Nippes"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Plunder"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "Prüll"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Ramsch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "Scheiß"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "Scheißdreck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Schnickschnack"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Schrott"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Schund"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Stuff"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "Austria"
          ],
          "word": "Talmi"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Tand"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Tinnef"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Trödel"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Zeug"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Zeugs"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Zinnober"
        }
      ],
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        "dated",
        "derogatory",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɪnɛf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɪnəf/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/De-Tinnef.ogg/De-Tinnef.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/De-Tinnef.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tinnef"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "טנוף",
      "טנוף#Yiddish"
    ],
    [
      "Rotwelsch",
      "Rotwelsch"
    ],
    [
      "טִנּוּף",
      "טנוף#Hebrew"
    ]
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        "4": "",
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      },
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    },
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "טִנּוּף",
        "4": "",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Yiddish טנוף (tinef) (via Rotwelsch), from Hebrew טִנּוּף (tinnúf, “trash”).",
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    {
      "form": "Tinnefs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Tinnef",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tinnefs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tinnef",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tinnef",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "m:n.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Tinnef m or n (strong, genitive Tinnefs, no plural)",
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    }
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    {
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  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "German dated terms",
        "German derogatory terms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German neuter nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German nouns with multiple genders",
        "German terms borrowed from Yiddish",
        "German terms derived from Hebrew",
        "German terms derived from Yiddish",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations",
        "Rotwelsch",
        "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
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            [
              83,
              89
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          ],
          "ref": "2013 December 22, Philip Eicker, “Hamburger Erotik-Weihnachtsmarkt: Oh Tannenbaum”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:",
          "text": "In der Weihnachtsmarktwirtschaft schlägt sich Santa Pauli ganz gut. Der angebotene Tinnef kommt aus dem Viertel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      ],
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        ],
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      ],
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          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "Dreck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Firlefanz"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Flitter"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "Gedöns"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Gelumpe"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "Geraffel"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Gerümpel"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Glumpert"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Graffelwerk"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "Northern-Germany"
          ],
          "word": "Kaff"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Kinkerlitzchen"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Kladderadatsch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Klamotten"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Klimbim"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "Klumpatsch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Klumpert"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Kram"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "Austria"
          ],
          "word": "Kramuri"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Krempel"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Kribskrabs"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Krimskrams"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Kroppzeug"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "Mist"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Müll"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Nippes"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Plunder"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "Prüll"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Ramsch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "Scheiß"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "Scheißdreck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Schnickschnack"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Schrott"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Schund"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Stuff"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "Austria"
          ],
          "word": "Talmi"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Tand"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Tinnef"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Trödel"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "word": "Zeug"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Zeugs"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Zeug",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Zinnober"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "derogatory",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɪnɛf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɪnəf/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Tinnef.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/De-Tinnef.ogg/De-Tinnef.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/De-Tinnef.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tinnef"
}

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