Pfiff
See also: pfiff
German
Etymology
See the verb pfeifen (“to whistle”)
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /pfɪf/
- (most speakers in northern and central Germany) IPA(key): /fɪf/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪf
Noun
Pfiff m (strong, genitive Pfiffes or Pfiffs, plural Pfiffe, diminutive Pfiffchen n)
- a whistle sound
- (informal) particular appeal by some form of artifice
- (Bavaria, Austria) a regionally varying liquid measure and form of glass for beer, smaller than the usual measure served
Declension
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Further reading
- “Pfiff” in Duden online
- “Pfiff” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Pfiff” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Pfiff” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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