uff

See also: UFF

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔʊf/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Etymology 1

An onomatopoeia. Similar to English oof and Dutch oef.

Interjection

uff

1. phew (expression of disgust, tiredness or relief)
2. whew (used before, during or after a mentally or physically strenuous activity, or while thinking of it).

Etymology 2

From Middle High German uf, northern variant of ūf, from Proto-Germanic *up.

Preposition

uff [with dative (indicating location) or accusative (indicating movement)]

1. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) alternative form of auf

Usage notes

• Found in standard prose until the 18th century. Now used in most Central German dialects and occasionally in colloquial standard German. Especially the adverb druff sees informal standard use (see there).

Further reading

• “uff” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuf/
• Rhymes: -uf
• Syllabification: uff

Preposition

uff

1. on, upon (positioned at the top of) [with dative]

   Das Buch leid uffem Disch.

   The book is lying on the table.

   Die Fraa stehd uff de Brick.

   The woman is standing on the bridge.

2. on, onto, up, to (moving to the top of) [with accusative]

   Er lehd das Buch uff de Disch.

   He's putting the book on the table.

   Ich haue dich uff die Aarschbacke!

   I'm going to hit you on the buttocks!

   Meer gehn uffs Fest.

   We're going to the party.

Derived terms

• (uff + dem) uffem
• (uff + das) uffs

Adverb

uff

1. open

   Die Deer is uff.

   The door is open.

Adjective

uff (not comparable)

1. open

   En uffne Deer.

   An open door.

Declension

Declension of uff (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
weak inflection	nominative	uff	uff	uff	uffne
	accusative	uffne	uff	uff	uffne
	dative	uffne	uffne	uffne	uffne
strong inflection	nominative	uffner	uffne	uffnes	uffne
	accusative	uffne	uffne	uffnes	uffne
	dative	uffnem	uffner	uffnem	uffne

References

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “uff”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 165, column 1

Italian

Interjection

uff

1. an expression of boredom, impatience or annoyance

Pennsylvania German

Preposition

uff

1. on

Polish

Etymology

Natural expression.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuff/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uff
• Syllabification: uff

Interjection

uff

1. whew (expression of relief)
2. whew (expression from strenuous labour)

Further reading

• “uff”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Tarifit

Root
f-f (wetting)
2 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Verb

uff (verbal noun tuffett, Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴼⴼ)

1. (transitive) to wet

   Synonyms: ssuff, bzeg

2. (intransitive) to be wet

   Synonym: bzeg

3. (transitive) to swell

   Synonym: ssuff

4. (intransitive) to be swollen
5. (intransitive) to be angry [with x]

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tashelhit

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ʔ-f-f (“to swell”), from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?], of onomatopoeic origin.

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴼⴼ (aff, “to swell”), Senhaja de Srair uff (“to swell”), Tarifit uff (“to get wet, to be swollen”), Ghadames of (“to swell, blow up”), Zenaga yoˀf (“to be swollen”); Proto-Chadic *fVˀ/w/y- (“to blow, to dry”); Proto-Cushitic [Term?] (“to blow”), whence Proto-East-Cushitic *ˀuf(u)f- (“to blow”), & Agaw *ǝf y- (“to blow”); and Egyptian nfj (“to blow, to exhale”).

Verb

uff (intensive aorist tuff, Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴼⴼ, Arabic spelling اوفّ)

1. to swell, to be(come) swollen

   اوفّنت تورين نّس. ― uffnt turin nns. ― his lungs swelled (with fear).

2. to pout, to sulk
3. to become breathless

Derived terms

• suff (“to inflate”)
• uff (“breast”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“breast”), from Proto-Berber *ʔ-f-f (“to swell”), ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?] (“to blow, to swell”). Synchronically from uff (“to swell”).

Cognate with Ghomara afaf (“nipple”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⴼⴼ (iff, “breast”), Tuareg éfäf, ifef, efăf (“breast”), Siwi ifǝff (“breast”), Northern Saharan Berber if (“breast”), Zenaga ǝvǝffi (“breast”), Kabyle ṯabbucṯ (“breast”), Tachawit ṯabbuct (“breast”), Tarifit abbuc (“breast”), and Proto-Chadic *fufu- (“lungs”).

Alternative forms

• tiffit, tibbit, bubbu, tibbiyt, tibbict, tabubbat

Noun

uff m (plural uffan, Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴼⴼ, Arabic spelling اوفّ)

1. breast, nipple

   Synonym: tabubbat

   شركن وفّ. ― šrkn uff ― they suckled at the same breast.

See also

• admr (“chest”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2856b

Volga German

Preposition

uff

1. on