Puffmutter

Puffmutter

See also: Puffmütter

German

Etymology

    Puff +‎ Mutter.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpʊfˌmʊtɐ/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Puffmutter f (genitive Puffmutter, plural Puffmütter)

    1. (informal) woman who owns or looks after a brothel; a madam
      • 1974, Hubert Fichte, Versuch über die Pubertät, Hoffmann und Campe, →ISBN, page 286:
        Die Puffmutter liegt an der Spitze, die Spanier, der schwule Bretone, ich, reißen, schnippeln, bluten hinterher, der Sohn fährt mit Pferden vor.
        The madam leads the way, while the Spaniards, the gay Breton and I tear, snip, and bleed behind, as the son drives up with his horses.

    Declension

    Declension of Puffmutter [feminine]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative eine die Puffmutter die Puffmütter
    genitive einer der Puffmutter der Puffmütter
    dative einer der Puffmutter den Puffmüttern
    accusative eine die Puffmutter die Puffmütter

    Further reading

    • “Puffmutter” in Duden online
    • “Puffmutter”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
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