Laffe

Laffe

See also: laffe

German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German laffen or laffe. Perhaps ultimately related to laff (“insipid, stale”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlafə/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Laf‧fe
  • Homophone: laffe

Noun

Laffe m (weak, genitive Laffen, plural Laffen)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) beau, dandy (arrogant, vain man)
    Synonyms: Dandy, (colloquial, derogatory) Fatzke, Geck, (chiefly Austria, fashionable in the 1880s) Gigerl, (colloquial) Lackaffe, (youth slang) Poser, Stutzer, Zierbengel
    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎[1], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Ich lache ob den abgeschmackten Laffen, / Die mich anglotzen mit den Bocksgesichtern
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Declension

Declension of Laffe [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Laffe die Laffen
genitive eines des Laffen der Laffen
dative einem dem Laffen den Laffen
accusative einen den Laffen die Laffen

Further reading

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