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röffen

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeia + -en (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrøfːɛn]
  • Hyphenation: röf‧fen
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Verb

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röffen

  1. (intransitive, of a pig) to grunt once (to give a grunt, see röf)
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, of a person) to tell off, snarl (to utter in a harsh, direct way)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^ röffen in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • röffen in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN