Maulaffe
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Maulaffe m (weak, genitive Maulaffen, plural Maulaffen)
- (historical, originally) head-shaped holder for fatwood (Kienspan), where the fatwood is put into the head's mouth
- (by extension, derogatory) idle gaper
- Synonym: Gaffer
- a. 1766, Christoph Martin Wieland, transl., Das Leben und der Tod des Königs Lear[1], translation of King Lear by William Shakespeare, [Act I, scene xii]:
- [Lear:] Wo ist mein Narr? ho! Ich denke, die ganze Welt ligt im Schlaf / Was ists? was sagt der Maulaffe?
- Where's my Fool? Ho, I think the world's asleep / How now? Where's that mongrel?
- 1784, Friedrich Schiller, Kabale und Liebe [Intrigue and Love], 2. Akt, 2. Szene:
- Aber unser gnädigster Landesherr ließ alle Regimenter auf dem Paradeplatz aufmarschieren und die Maulaffen niederschießen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1920, Georg Engel, Claus Störtebecker[2], Leipzig: Grethlein & Co. GmbH:
- »Geh – geh, Müßiggänger und Maulaffen brauchen wir hier nicht. Bring lieber was Tüchtiges heim, damit wir Ruhe haben vor dem Vogt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Maulaffe | die | Maulaffen |
| genitive | eines | des | Maulaffen | der | Maulaffen |
| dative | einem | dem | Maulaffen | den | Maulaffen |
| accusative | einen | den | Maulaffen | die | Maulaffen |
Derived terms
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