Pfiff
See also: pfiff
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
See the verb pfeifen (“to whistle”)
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /pfɪf/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /fɪf/ (most speakers in northern and central Germany)
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪf
NounEdit
Pfiff m (strong, genitive Pfiffes or Pfiffs, plural Pfiffe)
- a whistle sound
- (informal) particular appeal by some form of artifice
- (Bavaria, Austria) a regionally varying liquid measure and form of glass for beer, smaller than the usual measure served
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Pfiff [masculine, strong]