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das Ding (-e or -er)
   thing

Ich sah dieses riesige Ding auf das Deck knallen.
I saw this huge thing crash onto the deck.
Wie die Dinge jetzt stehen, können wir nicht kommen.
As things now stand, we can't come.
"Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt" (Science-Fiction-Film, USA, 1951, 1982)
The Thing (science-fiction film, USA, 1951, 1982 - "The thing from another world")
Wow, das ist ja ein Ding!
Wow, that's really something!

Related:
das Ding an sich the thing-in-itself (philos.)
das ist nicht sein Ding that's not really his thing
das Dingsda doodad, whatchamacallit

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