Schlaraffe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German slûraffe, literally "lazy monkey", a compound of slûr (“idler, lazybones”), from which also German Schluri (“thoughtless, irresponsible, unreliable person”) derives, + affe (“fool, idiot, dork”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃlaˈʁafə]
• Hyphenation: Schla‧raf‧fe

• Audio

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Noun

Schlaraffe m (weak, genitive Schlaraffen, plural Schlaraffen)

1. (archaic) idler, loafer

Declension

Declension of Schlaraffe [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schlaraffe	die	Schlaraffen
genitive	eines	des	Schlaraffen	der	Schlaraffen
dative	einem	dem	Schlaraffen	den	Schlaraffen
accusative	einen	den	Schlaraffen	die	Schlaraffen

Derived terms

• Schlaraffenland

Further reading

• “Schlaraffe” in Duden online
• “Schlaraffe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.