# das Gedöns

das Gedöns is a German noun meaning “fuss”. Forms: des Gedönses.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Gedönses

## In other languages

- Русский: разг. фигня, заморочки, излишние сложности

## Meanings

1. _colloquial · no plural · regional_ fuss, ado, hullabaloo
   - das ganze Gedöns — all that jazz
2. _colloquial · derogatory · no plural · regional_ stuff, junk
   - »Frauenpolitik und ähnliches Gedöns«, hat Herr Schröder wahrscheinlich auf Anraten seiner Berater neulich gesagt, und Gedöns ist so was wie Pipifax. Harte Männer machen kein Pipifax. — "Women's policy and similar nonsense", Mr. Schröder has recently said, likely on the advice of his advisers, and [that] nonsense is something like BS. Tough men don't do [petty] BS.
3. _colloquial · pejorative_ fuss; to-do; ado
   - Mach doch nicht so’n Gedöns! (= Mach nicht soviel Aufhebens um etwas!)

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