"tinkerer" in German tinkerer Tüftler Bastler Detailed translations for "tinkerer" tinkerer tinkerer(also: puzzle freak) der Tüftler{masculine} tinkerer(also: handicraft enthusiast) der Bastler{masculine} I was always more of a tinkerer than a businessman. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Ich war immer mehr Bastler als Geschäftsmann. English synonyms for "tinkerer" tinkerer {n} fiddler tinker