Klammeraffe

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German

Etymology

From klammern (“to cling”) +‎ Affe (“monkey”). In the informal sense “stapler”, perhaps reanalysed as Klammer (“staple”) +‎ Affe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkla.mɐ.ˌʔa.fə/
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  • Hyphenation: Klam‧mer‧af‧fe

Noun

Klammeraffe m (weak, genitive Klammeraffen, plural Klammeraffen)

  1. spider monkey (Ateles)
  2. (humorous) stapler (device which binds together sheets of paper)
  3. (somewhat dated, colloquial, Internet) at sign (@)
    Synonym: at
    • 2000, Josef Haslinger, Das Vaterspiel, S. Fischer, →ISBN, page 12:
      Hast du eine E-Mail-Adresse? R wie Rupert, dann Kramer, aber ohne Punkt dazwischen, dann der Klammeraffe, dann Vienna, Punkt, at.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Klammeraffe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Klammeraffe die Klammeraffen
genitive eines des Klammeraffen der Klammeraffen
dative einem dem Klammeraffen den Klammeraffen
accusative einen den Klammeraffen die Klammeraffen

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