Goof
See also: goof
Alemannic German
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editNoun
editGoof m (plural Goofe, diminutive Gööfli)
- (informal) child
- 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili:
- „Do wär mys Göifli, g'halted's hüt; / I hole's more wider hei.“
- „Here's my little child, keep it for today; / I'll take it back home tomorrow.“
Noun
editGoof f (plural Gööf, diminutive Gööfli)
References
edit- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 32.