Whistle

Schnurr whistle or Schnurrpfeiferey / Schnurrpfeiferei is an obsolete term for a useless, useless and worthless item, comparable with trinkets or knick-knacks . It is possibly derived from the Lower Saxon word Schnürpfeife , for the sleeve that is attached to the end of shoelaces , as this has no use or value outside of this use. According to Duden, Schnurrpfeiferei is a derivation of Schnurrpfeife "purring pipe, childish, useless".

The term whistling is also used to denote various games of entertainment and skill.

Individual evidence

↑ Schnurrpfeife in the Economic Encyclopedia by JG Krünitz
↑ Duden - German Universal Dictionary, 7th edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-411-05507-4 , keyword: Schnurrpfeiferei .
↑ Sophus Tromholt: Hundert Schnurrpfeifereien: Stimulating and easily executable conversations for young and old without preliminary exercise or cumbersome equipment , based on the French, 16th edition, Leipzig, Reclam, 1919 [1]
↑ Burkhardt Kiegeland (ed.): The eye in the neck and other Schurrpfeiffereien experiments and amusements from grandfather's box of tricks , Mosaik Boutique, Mosaik Verlag GmbH, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-570-02267-6 .

Web links

Wiktionary: whistle - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Schnurrpfeiferei - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

[1] Schnurrpfeife in the Economic Encyclopedia by JG Krünitz

[2] Duden - German Universal Dictionary, 7th edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-411-05507-4 , keyword: Schnurrpfeiferei .

[3] Sophus Tromholt: Hundert Schnurrpfeifereien: Stimulating and easily executable conversations for young and old without preliminary exercise or cumbersome equipment , based on the French, 16th edition, Leipzig, Reclam, 1919 [1]

[4] Burkhardt Kiegeland (ed.): The eye in the neck and other Schurrpfeiffereien experiments and amusements from grandfather's box of tricks , Mosaik Boutique, Mosaik Verlag GmbH, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-570-02267-6 .