paff
Luxembourgish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
paff (masculine paffen, neuter pafft, comparative méi paff, superlative am paffsten)
Declension[edit]
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass paff | si ass paff | et ass paff | si si(nn) paff | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | paffen | paff | pafft | paff |
independent without determiner | paffes | paffer | |||
dative | after any declined word | paffen | paffer | paffen | paffen |
as first declined word | paffem | paffem |
Synonyms[edit]
- (speechless): platt
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.
Adjective[edit]
paff (masculine and feminine paff, neuter paft, definite singular and plural paffe, comparative mer paff or paffere, indefinite superlative mest paff, definite superlative mest paffe)
References[edit]
- “paff” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.
Adjective[edit]
paff (masculine and feminine paff, neuter paft, definite singular and plural paffe, comparative paffare, indefinite superlative paffast, definite superlative paffaste)
References[edit]
- “paff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.
Adjective[edit]
paff (comparative paffare, superlative paffast)
- (colloquial) stunned, speechless
- Synonyms: ställd, förbluffad
Declension[edit]
Inflection of paff | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | paff | paffare | paffast |
Neuter singular | pafft | paffare | paffast |
Plural | paffa | paffare | paffast |
Masculine plural3 | paffe | paffare | paffast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | paffe | paffare | paffaste |
All | paffa | paffare | paffaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
References[edit]
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑf
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑf/1 syllable
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from German
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Swedish terms derived from German
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish colloquialisms