dafke

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Yiddish דווקא (dafke). Compare German (aus) Daffke(de) and Dutch dafke.(nl)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒfkɛ]
  • Hyphenation: daf‧ke
  • Rhymes: -kɛ

Adverb[edit]

dafke (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) just for spite, for the hell of it
    Synonyms: csak azért is, (negative) csak azért sem

Further reading[edit]

  • dafke in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)