Fisimatenten

== German == === Etymology === From Central Franconian visimetent (“nonsense”, attested 1499 in Cologne; now in the form Fissematente). Further origin unsettled. Possibly from Middle High German visament, fisiment (“ornamentation of a coat of arms”). Popular etymology has derived it from French je visite ma tante (“I'm visiting my aunt”), used as an excuse, or visitez ma tente (“visit my tent”), supposedly used by soldiers to invite girls to their garrisons. None of this is factual, however. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌfɪ.zi.maˈtɛn.tən/, /ˌfɪ.zə-/ === Noun === Fisimatenten pl (plural only, diminutive Fisimatentchen n) (colloquial) fuss; ado; useless or fretful behaviour, talk Synonyms: Mätzchen, Sperenzchen ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Fisimatenten” in Duden online “Fisimatenten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Fisimatenten”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 216 “Fisimatenten” in Pfälzisches Wörterbuch