dafke

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

dafke (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) just for spite, for the hell of it

   Synonyms: csak azért is, (negative) csak azért sem

Further reading

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