baff
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EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English baffen (“to bark”). Cognate with Dutch baffen (“to bark”), Low German baffen (“to bark”), German baffen, bäfzen (“to bark”), Danish bjæffe (“to yelp”), Swedish bjäbba (“to yelp, bark”). Compare buff, yaff.
VerbEdit
baff (third-person singular simple present baffs, present participle baffing, simple past and past participle baffed)
- (intransitive, archaic) To bark; yelp.
Etymology 2Edit
Probably from Old French baffe (“slap in the face”) (French baffe), of imitative origin.
VerbEdit
baff (third-person singular simple present baffs, present participle baffing, simple past and past participle baffed)
- To hit or strike, especially with something flat or soft.
- (golf) To strike the ground with the bottom of the club when taking a stroke.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
baff (uncountable)
ReferencesEdit
- The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →ISBN
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
baff (not comparable)
- (colloquial, chiefly predicative) flabbergasted
DeclensionEdit
Declension of baff
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist baff | sie ist baff | es ist baff | sie sind baff | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | baffer | baffe | baffes | baffe |
genitive | baffen | baffer | baffen | baffer | |
dative | baffem | baffer | baffem | baffen | |
accusative | baffen | baffe | baffes | baffe | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der baffe | die baffe | das baffe | die baffen |
genitive | des baffen | der baffen | des baffen | der baffen | |
dative | dem baffen | der baffen | dem baffen | den baffen | |
accusative | den baffen | die baffe | das baffe | die baffen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein baffer | eine baffe | ein baffes | (keine) baffen |
genitive | eines baffen | einer baffen | eines baffen | (keiner) baffen | |
dative | einem baffen | einer baffen | einem baffen | (keinen) baffen | |
accusative | einen baffen | eine baffe | ein baffes | (keine) baffen |
Further readingEdit
- baff in Duden online