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Piefke
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German
Etymology
From the Prussian composer of military music Johann Gottfried Piefke.
Pronunciation
de /ˈpiːfkə/
de De-Piefke.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,-:s,-:s
de regional chiefly Northern Germany offensive show-off, stuffed shirt
de Austria derogatory ethnic slur (Northern) German
de Walter Mayr Hilfe, die Piefke kommen Der Spiegel 2025-07-27 https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/oesterreich-deutsche-urlauber-in-tirol-zwischen-liebe-und-kritik-a-996fc326-9a3b-4f36-b244-95699b7675fb 2195-1349 Hilfe, die Piefke kommen [title] Help, the Germans are coming [title] https://web.archive.org/web/20260302092028/https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/oesterreich-deutsche-urlauber-in-tirol-zwischen-liebe-und-kritik-a-996fc326-9a3b-4f36-b244-95699b7675fb 2 March 2026
Declension
m,-:s,-:s
Further reading
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