Dingsbums

== German == === Etymology === Dings +‎ Bums === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɪŋsbʊms/ === Noun === Dingsbums n or m or f (strong, genitive Dingsbums, plural Dingsbumse) (colloquial) thingy, thingie, thingamajig, thingamabob (something whose name one cannot recall) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Dings (colloquial) whosit, whatshisname (a person whose name one cannot recall) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Dings ==== Usage notes ==== Dingsbums is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Norwegian Bokmål: dingseboms m === Further reading === “Dingsbums” in Duden online