Pfuchahn
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
pfuch + Ahn, in use in the 17th and 18th centuries, by the 20th century dialectal or obsolete. Pfuch is probably an interjection of disgust like pfui! (“fie”). It is unclear whether this is the actual etymology or just a folk etymological reinterpretation.[1][2]
Noun edit
Pfuchahn m (mixed or weak, genitive Pfuchahns or Pfuchahnes or Pfuchahnen, plural Pfuchahnen)
- (obsolete) great-great-grandfather (an ancestor of five generations ago or beyond)
Declension edit
Declension of Pfuchahn [masculine, mixed // weak]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Pfuchahn | die | Pfuchahnen |
| genitive | eines | des | Pfuchahns, Pfuchahnes, Pfuchahnen | der | Pfuchahnen |
| dative | einem | dem | Pfuchahn, Pfuchahne1, Pfuchahnen | den | Pfuchahnen |
| accusative | einen | den | Pfuchahn, Pfuchahnen | die | Pfuchahnen |
1Now rare, see notes.
References edit
- ^ * “An”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache[1] (in German), volume 1, 1885, column 249
- ^ Johannes Frisius, Johann Kaspar Suicer, Dictionarium bilingue: latino-germanicum et germanico-latinum (1704)[2]