Fuffi
German
editEtymology
editFrom Fuffziger + -i, from fuffzig, variant of fünfzig (“fifty”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editFuffi m (strong, genitive Fuffis, plural Fuffis)
- (colloquial, northern and central Germany) a banknote (or a rarely coin) of a given currency with the nominal value of fifty
- 2014, Max Saal, Von der Reeperbahn zum Bosporus. (Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, →ISBN, p. 21 (GoogleBooks; retrieved 19 July 2015):
- Reinke wedelte großkotzig mit einem Fuffi herum: »Viel Kohle hier im Osten.«
- Reinke was windmilling swankily a fifty [euro banknote]: “A lot of dough here in the East.”
- 2014, Max Saal, Von der Reeperbahn zum Bosporus. (Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, →ISBN, p. 21 (GoogleBooks; retrieved 19 July 2015):
Declension
editDeclension of Fuffi [masculine, strong]
Noun
editFuffi f (genitive Fuffi, plural Fuffis)
- (colloquial, regional) motor scooter with a cubic capacity of 50 ccm
Declension
editDeclension of Fuffi [feminine]
References
edit- “Fuffi” in Ulrich Ammon et al.: Variantenwörterbuch des Deutschen: Die Standardsprache in Österreich, der Schweiz und Deutschland sowie in Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Ostbelgien und Südtirol, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2004, →ISBN, p. 266.