Leffl

See also: leffl

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German leffel, from Old High German leffil, attested as earlier ᛚᚨᛈᛖᛚᚨ (lapela), from Proto-West Germanic *lapil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz (“spoon”), ultimately derived from *lap- (“to lick; to lap”). Cognates include Yiddish לעפֿל (lefl), German Löffel, Dutch lepel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le̞fl̩/

Noun

Leffl m (plural Leffln, diminutive Lefferl)

1. spoon

Hyponyms

• Essleffl
• Goidleffl
• Hoizleffl
• Kaffeeleffl
• Kochleffl
• Schepfleffl
• Suiberleffl
• Suppnleffl
• Süberleffl
• Teeleffl

 

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German leffel, from Old High German leffil, attested as earlier ᛚᚨᛈᛖᛚᚨ (lapela), from Proto-West Germanic *lapil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz (“spoon”). Compare German Löffel.

Noun

Leffl m

1. (Erzgebirgisch) spoon
2. (Erzgebirgisch, informal) ear
3. (Erzgebirgisch, informal, derogatory) airhead, birdbrain, bubblehead, feather-brain, featherhead, jingle-brains, lamebrain, peabrain, pinhead

References

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 80: