Tüte

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) a small to medium-sized bag, usually of paper or plastic (sometimes also of fabric, for which more properly Beutel is used)
2. (Germany, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of Eistüte (“ice cream cone”)
3. (feminine, slang) joint, spliff (marijuana cigarette)

Name

The exit area of the subway stop Hauptbahnhof in Bielefeld

Concepts

bag

sack

cone

cornet

paper bag

pouch

👝

reefer

sachet

spliff

toke tube

bag

carton

Synonyms

Beutel

Sack

Tasche

Tragetasche

Joint

Sackerl

Papiersack

Pelikan

Hülse

Börse

Aronstab

Päckchen

Kühlcontainer

Reefer

Evangelik

Seemannsjacke

Dutt

Papiertüte

Patrone

Translations

bolsa

sac

torba

sacco

saco

zak

sacchetto

tas

poche

saco

bossa

sachet

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

Borrowed from Middle Low German: tûte

Cognate with English: tote

Cognate with Dutch: tuit

In summary

Borrowed from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”). Cognate with English tote (“bag”), Dutch tuit (“spout”). Further origin unknown, though has been suggested to be part of a sound-symbolic family of words including Zitze (“teat”).