Where does “Dingsbums” come from?
Dingsbums (German) comes from German bums — singular imperative of bumsen; first-person...
Dingsbums (German): thingy, thingie, thingamajig, thingamabob something whose name one cannot recall
Definitions
- thingy, thingie, thingamajig, thingamabob something whose name one cannot recall
Ancestry of “Dingsbums”, step by step
Dingsbums traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German bums
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | bums | singular imperative of bumsen; first-person... |
via German Dings
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dings | genitive singular of Ding; thing, thingamajig, a... |