An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Düfte
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Düfte, Deute, Tüte, feminine, ‘paper bag, screw’; merely Modern High German from Low German tüte (akin to Dutch tuit, ‘pipe’?); respecting the Low German and Dutch ü sound, see under Büse. In Swabian and Bavarian the terms are gugge, gucken.