Aff

See also: aff, AFF, and aff.

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German affo, from Proto-Germanic *apô. Cognate with German Affe, Dutch aap, English ape, Swedish apa.

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ɑfː/

Noun

Aff m (plural Affe, diminutive Äffli)

1. monkey, ape

References

• “Aff”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache^[1] (in German), volume I, 1885–2020, column 99
• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Aaf (western Moselle Franconian; few dialects of Ripuarian)
• Aap (Ripuarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German affe, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.

Noun

Aff m

1. (eastern Moselle Franconian, also Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) ape; monkey
   • 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 3:

     Willst Dau, Hannes, noh Bresilje ziehe, / Wo Deich Schlange unn die Affe kriehe? / Ach, dann stehrbt gewiß Dei Liesekett!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Aff
• Luxembourgish: Af

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German affe, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.

Compare German Affe.

Noun

Aff m

1. (Erzgebirgisch) monkey, ape
2. (Erzgebirgisch) silly person

Further reading

• 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^[2], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13:

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Central Franconian Aff, from Middle High German affe, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaf/
• Rhymes: -af
• Syllabification: Aff

Noun

Aff m (plural Affe, diminutive Effche)

1. monkey, ape

   Er is hoorich wie en Aff.

   He is hairy like a monkey.

Derived terms

• Affebeer
• Affebeerbaam

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Rhine Franconian Aff, from Middle High German affe, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.

Compare German Affe, Dutch aap, English ape.

Noun

Aff m (plural Affe)

1. ape
2. monkey
3. silly person

Rhine Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German affe, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.

Noun

Aff

1. (Palatine) ape; monkey

Descendants

• Pennsylvania German: Aff