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German

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

An onomatopoeia. Similar to English oof and Dutch oef.

Interjection

uff

  1. phew (expression of disgust, tiredness or relief)
  2. whew (used before, during or after a mentally or physically strenuous activity, or while thinking of it).

Etymology 2

From Middle High German uf, northern variant of ūf, from Proto-Germanic *up.

Preposition

uff

  1. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) Alternative form of auf
Usage notes
  • Found in standard prose until the 18th century. Now used in most Central German dialects and occasionally in colloquial standard German. Especially the adverb druff sees informal standard use (see there).

Further reading

  • “uff” in Duden online

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Pronunciation

Preposition

uff (+ dative)

  1. on, upon (positioned at the top of)
    Das Buch leid uffem Disch.
    The book is lying on the table.
    Die Fraa stehd uff de Brick.
    The woman is standing on the bridge.

uff (+ accusative)

  1. on, onto, up, to (moving to the top of)
    Er lehd das Buch uff de Disch.
    He's putting the book on the table.
    Ich haue dich uff die Aarschbacke!
    I'm going to hit you on the buttocks!
    Meer gehn uffs Fest.
    We're going to the party.

Derived terms

Adverb

uff

  1. open
    Die Deer is uff.
    The door is open.

Adjective

uff

  1. open
    En uffne Deer.
    An open door.

Declension

Declension of uff
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative uffne uffne uffne uffne
accusative uffne uffne uffne uffne
dative uffne uffne uffne uffne
Strong inflection nominative uffner uffne uffnes uffne
accusative uffne uffne uffnes uffne
dative uffnem uffner uffnem uffne


Further reading

Italian

Interjection

uff

  1. an expression of boredom, impatience or annoyance

Pennsylvania German

Preposition

uff

  1. on

Polish

Etymology

Natural expression.

Pronunciation

Interjection

uff

  1. whew (expression of relief)
  2. whew (expression from strenuous labour)

Further reading

  • uff in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

uff (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴼⴼ)

  1. (intransitive) to get wet, to be wet, to be soaked
  2. (intransitive) to inflate, to be swollen, to be bloated, to be puffy
  3. (intransitive, construed with x) to be angry

Conjugation

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Derived terms

  • Verbal noun: tuffet (“swelling”)
  • Causative: suff (“to wet”)
    • Verbal noun: asuffi (“swelling”)
  • Reciprocal: mruff (“to be in a quarrel”)
  • tuffin (“quarrel; arrogance”)
  • timruffin (“pride”)

Volga German

Preposition

uff

  1. on
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