dafke

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Yiddish דווקא (dafke). Compare German (aus) Daffke(de) and Dutch dafke.(nl)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒfkɛ]
  • Hyphenation: daf‧ke
  • Rhymes: -kɛ

Adverb

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dafke (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) just for spite, for the hell of it
    Synonyms: csak azért is, (negative) csak azért sem

Further reading

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  • dafke in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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