knick-knacks; odds and ends (things of little value; especially worthless jewellery) · trifles; trivial things · silliness; frivolity; foolishness (that which is absurd or a waste of time)
köken: Kinkerlitz m + -chen, from French quincaille(rie) (“metal hardware”) + -chen (diminutive suffix), originally in reference to worthless jewellery.
items that are useless or without value, junk, rubbish · a person who is useless or without value, trash
köken: Compound of がら (gara), from がらがら (garagara), an onomatopoeia for the sound of objects bumping against each other + くた (kuta), perhaps a contraction of 芥 (akuta, “trash, rubbish”) or related to verb 朽つ (kutsu, “to rot”, Classical and Old Japanese form of modern 朽ちる (kuchiru, “to rot”)). Compare other terms containing this くた (kuta) element, such as くたくた (kutakuta, “broken down, worn out”), 草臥れる…
bagatelle, trifle · bagatelle (short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character) · bagatelle (palace, usually in a garden, fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries)
köken: Inherited from Old Czech cětka, from Proto-Slavic *cęta + -ka, from Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍄𐌿𐍃 (kintus), from Latin centum. First attested in the 14th century.