TINKER - Translation from English into German

English

German

I. tink·er [ˈtɪŋkəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

1. tinker (attempt to repair):

to have a tinker with sth: an etw dat herumbasteln

2. tinker Brit pej:

tinker (repairman): wandernder Kesselflicker hist

tinker (Romany): Zigeuner(in) m (f) <-s, -> pej

3. tinker Brit inf (mischievous person):

tinker: kleiner Stromer/kleine Stromerin m

tinker: Bosnigl m <-s, -n> A pej

Phrases:

to not give a tinker's damn [or Brit also cuss] about sb/sth: sich acc einen Kehricht [o. CH, A esp Dreck] um jdn/etw scheren inf

II. tink·er [ˈtɪŋkəʳ, Am -ɚ] VB intr

to tinker [about [or around]] [with [or on] sth]: [an etw dat] herumbasteln pej

to tinker [about [or around]] [with [or on] sth]: herumpfuschen inf

to not give a [tinker's] cuss Brit: keinen Pfifferling drauf geben inf

I don't give a tinker's cuss what she thinks: es ist mir völlig schnuppe, was sie denkt inf

wandering minstrel/tinker: fahrender Sänger/Kesselflicker

German

English

Kesselflicker(in): tinker

an etw dat herumdoktern: to tinker [or fiddle] about with sth

rumoren: to tinker around

Present
I	tinker
you	tinker
he/she/it	tinkers
we	tinker
you	tinker
they	tinker

Past
I	tinkered
you	tinkered
he/she/it	tinkered
we	tinkered
you	tinkered
they	tinkered

Present Perfect
I	have	tinkered
you	have	tinkered
he/she/it	has	tinkered
we	have	tinkered
you	have	tinkered
they	have	tinkered

Past Perfect
I	had	tinkered
you	had	tinkered
he/she/it	had	tinkered
we	had	tinkered
you	had	tinkered
they	had	tinkered

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to not give a [tinker's] cuss Brit: keinen Pfifferling drauf geben inf

I don't give a tinker's cuss what she thinks: es ist mir völlig schnuppe, was sie denkt inf

to have a tinker with sth: an etw dat herumbasteln

to not give a tinker's damn [or Brit also cuss] about sb/sth: sich acc einen Kehricht [o. CH, A esp Dreck] um jdn/etw scheren inf

to tinker [about [or around]] [with [or on] sth]: [an etw dat] herumbasteln pej

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Ky ran after her and pleaded that he wasn't cussing at his golf game, he just hates honeysuckle.

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The instructors cussed at the trainees as much as possible.

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The cuss who most extinguished life was usually crowned king.

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Canvassing together, they spent the first part of each campaign stop cussing out each other's politics and telling stories, and the second part playing fiddle tunes while the crowd danced.

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And the issue is that we're always cussing at ourselves or getting angry at ourselves or cajoling ourselves....

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