laffe

See also: Laffe

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German laffan (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *lapōną, *lapjaną. Compare English lap, Icelandic lepja.

Verb

laffe

(Uri, colloquial, informal) to drink quickly, gulp down, glug

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

laffe

inflection of laf:
1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
2. definite neuter singular attributive
3. plural attributive

German

Pronunciation

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Homophone: Laffe

Adjective

laffe

inflection of laff:
1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2. strong nominative/accusative plural
3. weak nominative all-gender singular
4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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