Pillepalle

== German == === Etymology === Reduplication with ablaut of dialectal (Rhinelandic) Pill (“something small”), perhaps from Latin pilula (“pill”). See Klein-Klein for a similar construction. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɪləˌpalə/ === Noun === Pillepalle n or f (strong, genitive Pillepalles or Pillepalle, no plural) (colloquial) trifle, bagatelle; an activity or amount that is trivial and of little consequence Synonyms: Belanglosigkeit, Kleinigkeit, Klein-Klein, Petitesse, Pipifax, Lappalie (colloquial, uncommon) nonsense; something that is pointless ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “Pillepalle” in Duden online “Pillepalle”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[5] (in German)