Pfuchahn
German
Alternative forms
- Pfuchähne, Pfuchäni, Vukähni
Etymology
pfuch + Ahn, in use in the 17th and 18th centuries, by the 20th century dialectal or obsolete. Pfuch is probably an interjection of disgust like pfui! (“fie”). It is unclear whether this is the actual etymology or just a folk etymological reinterpretation[1][2].
Noun
Pfuchahn m (mixed or weak, genitive Pfuchahns or Pfuchahnes or Pfuchahnen, plural Pfuchahnen)
- (obsolete) great-great-grandfather (an ancestor of five generations ago or beyond)
- Synonyms: Duräni, Pfuschäni, Stinkäni
Declension
Declension of Pfuchahn [masculine, mixed // weak]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Pfuchahn | die | Pfuchahnen |
| genitive | eines | des | Pfuchahns, Pfuchahnes, Pfuchahnen | der | Pfuchahnen |
| dative | einem | dem | Pfuchahn, Pfuchahne1, Pfuchahnen | den | Pfuchahnen |
| accusative | einen | den | Pfuchahn, Pfuchahnen | die | Pfuchahnen |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
References
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- “An”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume 1, 1885, column 249
- Johannes Frisius, Johann Kaspar Suicer, Dictionarium bilingue: latino-germanicum et germanico-latinum (1704)