Tünnes
German, noun/ˈtʏnəs/
Tünnes is spelled T-Ü-N-N-E-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 274,993rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tünnes is a German masculine noun meaning “tomfool, a male person who is (for whatever reason) ridiculous, not to be taken seriously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Tünnes mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinetomfool, a male person who is (for whatever reason) ridiculous, not to be taken seriously
Der Typ ist so ein Tünnes!
- 2
colloquialmasculinea male person who is clumsy or forgetful (less negative than sense 1)
Och du Tünnes, du solltest doch Butter mitbringen!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Tünnes
- Tünnesse plural
- Tünnessen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tünnes?
- /ˈtʏnəs/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tünnes in German?
Tünnes appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).