Gedöns

Meaning

  1. (colloquial) fuss, ado, hullabaloo
  2. (colloquial) stuff, junk

Hyphenated as
Ge‧döns
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈdøːns/
Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Gedööns. Doublet of archaic Gedens. Popularized by a controversial remark made by Gerhard Schröder in the run-up to the 1998 German federal election (see quotations).

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