paff

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German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

paff

  1. bang, boom
    1. Said when something bursts or blasts.
      Synonyms: bums, bumm, peng
    2. Said when something falls down.
      Synonyms: bums, pardauz
Derived terms
  • baff (“stunned”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paff

  1. singular imperative of paffen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of paffen

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Adjective

paff (masculine paffen, neuter pafft, comparative méi paff, superlative am paffsten)

  1. stunned, astonished
  2. 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
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner paffen paff pafft paff
independent without determiner paffes paffer
dative after any declined word paffen paffer paffen paffen
as first declined word paffem paffem

Synonyms

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)

  1. stunned, speechless

References

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)

  1. stunned, speechless

References

Swedish

Etymology

From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.

Adjective

paff (comparative paffare, superlative paffast)

  1. (colloquial) stunned, speechless
    Synonyms: ställd, förbluffad

Declension

Inflection of paff
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular paff paffare paffast
neuter singular pafft paffare paffast
plural paffa paffare paffast
masculine plural2 paffe paffare paffast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 paffe paffare paffaste
all paffa paffare paffaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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