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English-German translation for: tinker
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Dictionary English ↔ German: tinker

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NOUN   a tinker | tinkers
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VERB  to tinker | tinkered | tinkered ... 
 
SYNO   to fiddle | to tinker | tinker ... 
NOUN   der Tinker | die Tinker
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to tinker
1608
basteln
to tinker
362
herumbasteln [ugs.]
to tinker sth. [mend]
211
etw. flicken [bes. Töpfe, Pfannen]
to tinker
176
tüfteln [ugs.]
to tinker [with sth.]
97
frickeln [ugs.] [herumbasteln]
to tinker
92
friemeln [regional für: basteln od. nesteln]
to tinker
36
herumfriemeln [regional für: herumbasteln od. herumnesteln]
to tinker
5
rumbasteln [ugs.]
Nouns
hist. jobs tinker
359
Kesselflicker {m}
tinker [Br.] [coll.] [mischievous child]
124
Lausebengel {m} [ugs.] [ungezogenes Kind]
hist. jobs tinker
13
Kessler {m} [Kesselflicker]
Tinkers {pl}
11
Tinker {pl} [irisches fahrendes Volk]
hist. jobs tinker
5
Rastelbinder {m} [bes. österr.] [Kesselflicker, Kupferschmied]
hist. jobs tinkerPfannenflicker {m}
equest. TinkerTinker {pl} [Pferderasse]
fish T
2 Words: Verbs
to tinker (with sth.) [incompetently, also fig.](an etw.Dat.) herumpfuschen [ugs.] [pej.]
to tinker aboutherumfummeln [ugs.]
to tinker with sth.sich mit etw. beschäftigen
2 Words: Nouns
geogr. Tinker GlacierTinker-Gletscher {m}
tinker woman [gypsy] [Irish]Zigeunerin {f} [heute pej.]
games Tinker, Tailor [counting game or rhyme][traditionelles engl. Kinderspiel oder -lied, bzw. Abzählreim]
3 Words: Verbs
to tinker (around) with sth. [coll.]an etw.Dat. herumfrickeln [ugs.] [herumbasteln]
to tinker about (with sth.)(an etw.Dat.) herumbasteln [ugs.]
to tinker around (with)herumbasteln [ugs.] (an [+Dat.])
5+ Words: Others
It's not worth a tinker's damn!Damit kannst du dich begraben lassen!
not worth a tinker's curse / cuss {adj} [idiom]keinen Heller wert [Redewendung]
5+ Words: Verbs
to not give a tinker's curse about sb./sth. [idiom]sichAkk. einen feuchten Kehricht um jdn./etw. scheren [Redewendung]
to not give a tinker's cuss about sb./sth. [idiom]sichAkk. einen feuchten Kehricht um jdn./etw. scheren [Redewendung]
to not give a tinker's damn about sb./sth. [idiom]sichAkk. einen feuchten Kehricht um jdn./etw. scheren [Redewendung]
Fiction (Literature and Film)
lit. F The Political Tinker / The Pewterer turned Politician [Ludvig Holberg]Der politische Kannengießer
lit. theatre F The Tinker's Wedding [John Millington Synge]Kesselflickers Hochzeit
comics F Tinker Bell [Disney]Glöckchen
comics F Tinker Bell [Disney]Naseweis
film lit. F Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [novel: John le Carré, film: Tomas Alfredson]Dame, König, As, Spion
Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi)
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fish T
fish T
fish T
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A 2016-10-25: Another take: +for all I know+ is often used when we don't give a tinker's...
A 2011-07-08: And it's often very difficult to change the oil in 'modern' cars by yourse...
A 2011-02-11: to tinker / fiddle (around)
A 2009-01-25: Actually I don't give a tinker's who she is.
A 2008-09-08: we do not run a small workshop / we do not run a cottage industry / we do ...
A 2007-06-12: to tinker with springs to mind but a "tinkler"?????
A 2007-04-25: An international .. is being forged and they tinker with the atomic bomb
Q 2006-06-11: Part 2: And I'm still trying to tinker about a good translation...
A 2006-05-01: tinker work
A 2005-08-29: Preferred your "tinker", garibaldi
A 2005-05-13: diddicoy > itinerant tinker or scrap-dealer

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