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An onomatopoeia. Similar to English oof and Dutch oef.

uff

1. phew (expression of disgust, tiredness or relief)
2. whew (used before, during or after a mentally or physically strenuous activity, or while thinking of it).

From Middle High German uf, northern variant of ūf, from Proto-Germanic *up.

uff

1. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) Alternative form of auf

• Found in standard prose until the 18th century. Now used in most Central German dialects and occasionally in colloquial standard German. Especially the adverb druff sees informal standard use (see there).

• “uff” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /uf/

uff (+ dative)

1. on, upon (positioned at the top of)

   Das Buch leid uffem Disch.

   The book is lying on the table.

   Die Fraa stehd uff de Brick.

   The woman is standing on the bridge.

uff (+ accusative)

1. on, onto, up, to (moving to the top of)

   Er lehd das Buch uff de Disch.

   He's putting the book on the table.

   Ich haue dich uff die Aarschbacke!

   I'm going to hit you on the buttocks!

   Meer gehn uffs Fest.

   We're going to the party.

• (uff + dem) uffem
• (uff + das) uffs

uff

1. open

   Die Deer is uff.

   The door is open.

uff

1. open

   En uffne Deer.

   An open door.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

uff

1. an expression of boredom, impatience or annoyance

uff

1. on

Natural expression.

• IPA^(key): /uff/

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• Rhymes: -uff
• Syllabification: uff

uff

1. whew (expression of relief)
2. whew (expression from strenuous labour)

• uff in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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uff (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴼⴼ)

1. (intransitive) to get wet, to be wet, to be soaked
2. (intransitive) to inflate, to be swollen, to be bloated, to be puffy
3. (intransitive, construed with x) to be angry

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Verbal noun: tuffet (“swelling”)
• Causative: suff (“to wet”)
  • Verbal noun: asuffi (“swelling”)
• Reciprocal: mruff (“to be in a quarrel”)
• tuffin (“quarrel; arrogance”)
• timruffin (“pride”)

uff

1. on