dinges

dinges

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dinge

Borrowed from Dutch dinges, ding (“thing”).

dinges (plural dinges)

1. Alternative spelling of dingus (“thingamajig; fool”).
   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “10”, in Babbitt:

     The old-fashioned coon was a fine old cuss--he knew his place--but these young dinges don't want to be porters or cotton-pickers.

• Edgins, deigns, design, gnides, nidges, sdeign, signed, singed

• dings (archaic)

From older dings, from ding (“thing”). Compare German Dings and Dingens in the same sense.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪ.ŋəs/

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• Hyphenation: din‧ges

dinges m or n (plural dingesen, diminutive dingesje n)

1. (object) thingamajig, whatchamacallit
2. (person) whatshisname, whatshername

   Ik kwam gisteren dinges tegen, die ene met de snor. ― I saw whatshisname yesterday, the one with the moustache.

• huppeldepup

• → English: dingus

dinges

1. said when one can't or is too busy or distracted to think of the proper thing to say

   Wat ben je daar aan het doen? — Ja, eh... dinges!

   What are you doing there? — Yeah, uh... something or other!