# der Dingsbums

der Dingsbums is a German noun meaning “thingy”. Forms: des Dingsbums, die Dingsbumse.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Dingsbums
- Plural: die Dingsbumse

## In other languages

- Русский: разг. штука, штуковина, фиговина

## Meanings

1. _colloquial_ thingy, thingie, thingamajig, thingamabob (something whose name one cannot recall)
2. _colloquial_ whosit, whatshisname (a person whose name one cannot recall)
3. _colloquial_ gizmo; widget; thingy whatchamacallit
   - Was macht denn der Dingsbums da? Wie heißt er noch?

## Examples

- Triffst du dich immer noch mit Dingsbums? — Are you still seeing whatshername?
- Wo gehört dieses Dingsbums hin? — Where does this doodad go?
- Herr Dingsbums hat dich angerufen. — Mr What's-his-name rang you.
- Nun ja, ich habe keine Ahnung, was dieses Dingsbums tun soll. — Why, I wouldn't know what this contraption is supposed to do.

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