paff
Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
paff (masculine paffen, neuter pafft, comparative méi paff, superlative am paffsten)
Declension edit
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hien ass paff | si ass paff | et ass paff | si si(nn) paff | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | paffen | paff | pafft | paff |
| independent without determiner | paffes | paffer | |||
| dative | after any declined word | paffen | paffer | paffen | paffen |
| as first declined word | paffem | paffem | |||
Synonyms edit
- (speechless): platt
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.
Adjective edit
paff (masculine and feminine paff, neuter paft, definite singular and plural paffe, comparative mer paff or paffere, indefinite superlative mest paff, definite superlative mest paffe)
References edit
- “paff” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.
Adjective edit
paff (masculine and feminine paff, neuter paft, definite singular and plural paffe, comparative paffare, indefinite superlative paffast, definite superlative paffaste)
References edit
- “paff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.
Adjective edit
paff (comparative paffare, superlative paffast)
- (colloquial) stunned, speechless
- Synonyms: ställd, förbluffad
Declension edit
| Inflection of paff | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | paff | paffare | paffast |
| Neuter singular | pafft | paffare | paffast |
| Plural | paffa | paffare | paffast |
| Masculine plural3 | paffe | paffare | paffast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | paffe | paffare | paffaste |
| All | paffa | paffare | paffaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||