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Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German leffel, from Old High German leffil, attested as earlier ᛚᚨᛈᛖᛚᚨ (lapela), from Proto-West Germanic *lapil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz (“spoon”), ultimately derived from *lap- (“to lick; to lap”). Cognates include Yiddish לעפֿל (lefl), German Löffel, Dutch lepel.
Pronunciation
Noun
Leffl m (plural Leffln, diminutive Lefferl)
- spoon
Hyponyms
East Central German
Etymology
From Middle High German leffel, from Old High German leffil, attested as earlier ᛚᚨᛈᛖᛚᚨ (lapela), from Proto-West Germanic *lapil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz (“spoon”). Compare German Löffel.
Noun
Leffl m
- (Erzgebirgisch) spoon
- (Erzgebirgisch, informal) ear
- (Erzgebirgisch, informal, derogatory) airhead, birdbrain, bubblehead, feather-brain, featherhead, jingle-brains, lamebrain, peabrain, pinhead
References
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, page 80: