Klammeraffe
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From klammern (“to cling”) + Affe (“monkey”). In the informal sense “stapler”, perhaps reanalysed as Klammer (“staple”) + Affe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Klammeraffe m (weak, genitive Klammeraffen, plural Klammeraffen)
- spider monkey (Ateles)
- (humorous) stapler (device which binds together sheets of paper)
- (somewhat dated, colloquial, Internet) at sign (@)
- Synonym: at
- 2000, Josef Haslinger, Das Vaterspiel, S. Fischer, →ISBN, page 12:
- Hast du eine E-Mail-Adresse? R wie Rupert, dann Kramer, aber ohne Punkt dazwischen, dann der Klammeraffe, dann Vienna, Punkt, at.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Klammeraffe [masculine, weak]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Klammeraffe | die | Klammeraffen |
genitive | eines | des | Klammeraffen | der | Klammeraffen |
dative | einem | dem | Klammeraffen | den | Klammeraffen |
accusative | einen | den | Klammeraffen | die | Klammeraffen |
Further reading
[edit]- “Klammeraffe” in Duden online
- Klammeraffe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Klammeraffe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache