paff
See also: Paff
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɑf/
- Rhymes: -ɑf
Adjective
paff (masculine paffen, neuter pafft, comparative méi paff, superlative am paffsten)
- stunned, astonished
- speechless, dumbstruck
Declension
declension of paff
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hien ass paff | si ass paff | et ass paff | si si(nn) paff | |
| without article | nominative/accusative | paffen | paff | pafft | paff |
| dative | paffem | paffer | paffem | paffen | |
| with article | nominative/accusative | paffen | paff | pafft | paff |
| dative | paffen | paffer | paffen | paffen | |
Synonyms
- (speechless): platt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.
Adjective
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)
- stunned, speechless
References
- “paff” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.
Adjective
paff (masculine and feminine paff, neuter paft, definite singular and plural paffe, comparative paffare, indefinite superlative paffast, definite superlative paffaste)
- stunned, speechless
References
- “paff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.
Adjective
paff (comparative paffare, superlative paffast)
- stunned, speechless
- Synonyms: ställd, förbluffad
Declension
| Inflection of paff | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | paff | paffare | paffast |
| Neuter singular | pafft | paffare | paffast |
| Plural | paffa | 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. | |||
References
- paff-(2) in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).