Schlaraffe

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German slûraffe, literally "lazy monkey", a compound of slûr (“idler, lazybones”), from which also German Schluri (“thoughtless, irresponsible, unreliable person”) derives,[1] + affe (“fool, idiot, dork”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Schla‧raf‧fe
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Noun

Schlaraffe m (weak, genitive Schlaraffen, plural Schlaraffen)

  1. (archaic) idler, loafer

Declension

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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Mitteilungen des Deutschschweizerischen Sprachvereins volume 8 (1924)

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