Aff
See also: aff, AFF, and aff.
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German affo, from Proto-Germanic *apô. Cognate with German Affe, Dutch aap, English ape, Swedish apa.
Pronunciation
- (Zurich) IPA(key): /ɑfː/
Noun
Aff m (plural Affe, diminutive Äffli)
- monkey, ape
References
- “Aff”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume I, 1885–2020, column 99
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- Aaf (western Moselle Franconian; few dialects of Ripuarian)
- Aap (Ripuarian)
Noun
Aff m
- (eastern Moselle Franconian, also Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) ape; monkey
- 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, p. 3:
- Willst Dau, Hannes, noh Bresilje ziehe, / Wo Deich Schlange unn die Affe kriehe? / Ach, dann stehrbt gewiß Dei Liesekett!
- 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, p. 3:
East Central German
Etymology
Compare German Affe.
Noun
Aff m
- (Erzgebirgisch) monkey, ape
- (Erzgebirgisch) silly person
Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, OCLC 932028867, page 13:
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German, from Old High German affo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /af/
Noun
Aff m (plural Affe)
- monkey, ape
- Er is hoorich wie en Aff.
- He is hairy like a monkey.
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German Affe, Dutch aap, English ape.
Noun
Aff m (plural Affe)
- ape
- monkey
- silly person
Rhine Franconian
Noun
Aff
- (Palatine) ape; monkey