Tüte

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tute"

German

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paper packets
Plastic bags
An ice cream cone
A joint

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”). Cognate with English tote (“bag”), Dutch tuit (“spout”). Further origin unknown, though has been suggested to be part of a sound-symbolic family of words including Zitze (“teat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtyː.tə/
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Noun

Tüte f (genitive Tüte, plural Tüten, diminutive Tütchen n)

  1. a small to medium-sized bag, usually of paper or plastic (sometimes also of fabric, for which more properly Beutel is used)
    Synonym: (Austria, Bavaria) Sackerl
    Coordinate terms: Beutel, Tragetasche
  2. (Germany, especially eastern regions) Short for Eistüte (“ice cream cone”).
    Synonyms: Waffel, (western Germany) Hörnchen, (Austria) Stanitzel, (Switzerland) Cornet
  3. (slang) joint, spliff (marijuana cigarette)
    Synonyms: Dübel, Joint
    • 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

Declension of Tüte
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Tüte die Tüten
genitive einer der Tüte der Tüten
dative einer der Tüte den Tüten
accusative eine die Tüte die Tüten

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Die Tüte, 2012.

Proper noun

die Tüte f (proper noun, genitive Tüte)

  1. (Bielefeld, colloquial) The exit area of the subway stop Hauptbahnhof.

Declension

Declension of Tüte
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Tüte
genitive einer der Tüte
dative einer der Tüte
accusative eine die Tüte

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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