Tüte
Meaning
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- (feminine) a small to medium-sized bag, usually of paper or plastic (sometimes also of fabric, for which more properly Beutel is used)
- (Germany,abbreviation,alt-of,feminine) Short for Eistüte (“ice cream cone”).
- (feminine,slang) joint, spliff (marijuana cigarette)
Synonyms
Aronstab
Kühlcontainer
Reefer
Evangelik
Seemannsjacke
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
bapyyrsagg
Basel-Landschaft
brieff
Basel-Landschaft
brieffsagg
Basel-Landschaft
giggli
Basel-Landschaft
gugge
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtyː.tə/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”). Cognate with English tote (“bag”), Dutch tuit (“spout”). Further origin unknown.
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