Kabuff

German Etymology Probably derived from de gml kabūse shed (compare de Kombüse) through conflation with another word, which may either de nl kombof hovel or one from the root of de Koben stable, shed. Commonly associated with Rotwelsch, and possibly spread by it. Küpper dates it to the 18th century385, and while absent in Grimm's dictionary it is already present in a Holstein dictionary from 1800.de Holsteinisches Idiotikon 1800 Johann Friedrich Schütze Hamburg Heinrich Ludwig Villaume https://www.google.de/books/edition/Holsteinisches_Idiotikon/VcCpPRb_bPIC?gbpv=1&dq=%22kabuff%22%20before%3A1900&pg=RA1-PA209 Pronunciation de /kaˈbʊf/ de De-Kabuff.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n,,e:s de informal de somewhat derogatory small room or compartment typically dark, stuffy and of small size 194 Jetzt hatte sie eine Masse Unfug getrieben, Unheil angestiftet, und Unrat konnte sich, in fassungsloser, martervoller Rachgier, nichts Ersehnenswerteres mehr vorstellen, als daß die Künstlerin Fröhlich in einem tiefen und finstern Kabuff ihr Leben enden möge. Now she had done a lot of mischief, caused harm, and Unrat, in his utter, agonizing thirst for revenge, could not imagine anything more desirable than having the artist Fröhlich end her life in a deep, dark, small room. de 1953 Erich Wildberger Rowohlt Ring über Ostkreuz 13 In dem Kabuff, wo die drei Damen sitzen, ist immer sehr schlechte Luft. In the tiny room the three ladies were sitting in, the air was always very stuffy. storage compartment, broom closet small room used to store tools or items de Abstellkammer Besenkammer de 2016 Gerhard Branstner Der Sternenkavalier 9783956557255 Um ihn darin nicht zu stören, hielt As des Weiteren den Mund, holte einen Liegestuhl aus dem Kabuff, stelle ihn auf dem anderen Ende des Raketendachs auf und machte es sich darin bequem. Such as to not disturb him in this, As shut up from then on, got a deck chair out of the storage compartment, set it up at the other end of the spaceship roof and made himself comfortable in it. Declension n,,e:s Related terms de Kombüse References Further reading