tuttebellen

01:27 Aug 25, 2010 

it's quite allright, on the other hand within the context it's not that important who's snarling at who; tuttebellen was a difficult find though :) thank you

01:09 Aug 25, 2010 

I found out why we disagree because I believe the writer quotes his neighbour (speaks for his neigbour) while you and others believe he speaks for himself
hope it's allright with you I mention this

00:57 Aug 25, 2010 

that's the one :) thanks

00:56 Aug 25, 2010 

it's quite allright when you say it's a verb, what i was trying to tell was that "tuttebelen" is not refering to his piano playing or stopping this "getuttebel" on this piano; whatever it is the complaining one is the piano player, as for tuttebeller: "bellyachers" or even "squabbling fishwives" i do find them quiete agreeable, thank you all out there; much appreciated.

00:48 Aug 25, 2010 

First person is the author, who played the piano, which resulted in the neighbour's bellyaching :-)
Zeurpieten!!

00:42 Aug 25, 2010 

the plural "tuttebellen" would not make sense here
he says you can tuttebel in Putten as much as you like but not in the city

it is not "tuttebellen" if YOU can't stand it then buy a house

no, stop tuttebelling *I* can't stand it, go and buy house in Putten

The writer speaks for his neighbour

I am not trying to defend my suggestion because this would be it bit too strong an expression in this context

00:30 Aug 25, 2010 

but the one who plays the piano refers to the neighbor(s) who can't stand him playing the piano "pianissimo" very lightly even in the early hours of the evening; then he snarls at the neighbor calling him (or in general them) Tuttebellen: if you can't stand it then just go and buy a house in Putten (obviously not a big city; all peace and quiet)

00:18 Aug 25, 2010 

I am quite sure, thanks to the new information, that "tuttebellen" refers to his playing the piano. Stop this "getuttebel" on this piano" If you want to "tuttebel" on the piano, then buy a house in Putten!

23:44 Aug 24, 2010 

...Wat een zegen in vergelijking met Amsterdam waar bijvoorbeeld mijn benedenbuurman in de Plantagebuurt over zijn toeren raakte als ik om 8 uur 's avonds pianissimo pianospeelde. Met een groot voorwerp beukte hij op het plafond. Tuttebellen in de grote stad, daar heb ik een hekel aan, koop dan een huis in Putten!..."
I should have added these two sentences before I have made the previous enrtry, my fault and yes I do think it's a noun.

22:59 Aug 24, 2010 

to resolve this, more context may enlighten the masses . . .

22:24 Aug 24, 2010 

I think that 'tuttebellen' is being used as a noun here, rather than as a verb. Because of the preceding sentence about the noisy upstairs neighbours. That is, there are a number of 'tuttebellen' making noise upstairs, and the writer wishes they would stay in their small town and not come to his big city and disturb him (or her;).