Fuffi

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German

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Etymology

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From Fuffziger +‎ -i, from fuffzig, variant of fünfzig (fifty).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfʊfi]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Fuf‧fi

Noun

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Fuffi m (strong, genitive Fuffis, plural Fuffis)

  1. (colloquial, northern and central Germany) a banknote (or a rarely coin) of a given currency with the nominal value of fifty
    Antonyms: Zwanni, Hunni
    • 2014, Max Saal, Von der Reeperbahn zum Bosporus. (Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, →ISBN, p. 21 (GoogleBooks; retrieved 19 July 2015):
      Reinke wedelte großkotzig mit einem Fuffi herum: »Viel Kohle hier im Osten.«
      Reinke was windmilling swankily a fifty [euro banknote]: “A lot of dough here in the East.”

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Noun

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Fuffi f (genitive Fuffi, plural Fuffis)

  1. (colloquial, regional) motor scooter with a cubic capacity of 50 ccm

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References

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  • “Fuffi” in Ulrich Ammon et al.: Variantenwörterbuch des Deutschen: Die Standardsprache in Österreich, der Schweiz und Deutschland sowie in Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Ostbelgien und Südtirol, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2004, →ISBN, p. 266.

Further reading

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  • Fuffi” in Duden online
  • Fuffi” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon