How To Translate Dingsbums

Would you know how to translate the German word „Dingsbums“ without looking into a dictionary?

You know those objects whose names you have forgotten or don’t know even?

Of course, we have other words in German. Like Dings, Dingsda, Dingens or Dingskirchen.

We have several words in English, too. 

Here are some of them

• thingamajig or thingumajig
• thingamabob
• thingy or thingie
• whatchamacallit
• whatsamacallit
• whatsitcalled
• whatsit
• whatnot
• doodah

And here’s an example sentence

„I’ll have to go to the shop and buy a new thingamajig. This one is broken beyond repair.„

So do you have a favourite word?