Meanings
colloquial · no pluralthingy, thingamabob (something whose name one cannot recall)
colloquial · no pluralwhosit, whatshisname (a person whose name one cannot recall)
colloquialgizmo; widget; whatsisname; whatsername
War das nicht der Dingsda? Du weißt schon, der Freund von Silvia?
Examples
GermanEnglish
Gar nicht so einfach herauszufinden, was dieses Dingsda ist.It’s not all that easy to figure out what this thingamajig is.