Laffe

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German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle High German laffen or laffe. Perhaps ultimately related to laff (insipid, stale).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlafə/
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  • Hyphenation: Laf‧fe
  • Homophone: laffe

Noun

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Laffe m (weak, genitive Laffen, plural Laffen)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) beau, dandy (arrogant, vain man)
    Synonyms: Dandy, (colloquial, derogatory) Fatzke, Geck, (chiefly Austria, fashionable in the 1880s) Gigerl, (colloquial) Lackaffe, (youth slang) Poser, Stutzer, Zierbengel
    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎[1], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Ich lache ob den abgeschmackten Laffen, / Die mich anglotzen mit den Bocksgesichtern
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Further reading

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