Tuntenball

German

Etymology

From Tunte (“poof, male homosexual”) +‎ -n- +‎ Ball (“ball”).

Noun

Tuntenball m (strong, genitive Tuntenballs or Tuntenballes, plural Tuntenbälle)

  1. a certain kind of queer dance event; see Tuntenball
  2. (derogatory) synonym of Tuntenballett (“sport event that lacks certain macho qualities”)
    • 2006, Bastian Pastewka et al., 0:19:20 from the start, in Pastewka, season 2, episode 6, spoken by Michael Kessler (himself):
      „Hoch die Kiste! Wir sind hier nicht beim Tuntenball!“
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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