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Affe
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affé affe
German
de:
Etymology
de :inh gmh:affe<id:ape>
From de gmh affe, from de goh affo, from de gmw-pro *apō, from de gem-pro *apô.
The sense of drunkenness has been traced to the late 18th century, allegedly playing on the homophony of de cs opice monkey or ape and cs opít se to get drunk, though the image of a monkey being a possessing demon is translingual, and thus es mona she-monkey also means drunkenness, es mono he-monkey withdrawal symptoms, en monkey a substance (typically, a recreational drug) addiction.
Pronunciation
de /ˈafə/ [ˈʔa.fə]
de De-Affe.ogg
de De-Affe2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de afə 2
de Af fe
Noun
m.weak ^chen,^lein,erl ^in[only for the animal]
de Primates monkey or ape (male or female or of unspecified sex)
de Fellaffe, a kind of furry military knapsack
de slang regional drunkenness, alcohol intoxication
de 2018 Daniel Tomazic https://books.google.com/books?id=skNnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA10&dq=%20Affen+angesoffe%20 Kuhnles Gesetz: Ein badischer Heimatkrimi aus dem Mittleren Westen 10 Da war er auf dem Weinfest und hat sich am Stand der lokalen Winzergenossenschaft, da gab es für Mitglieder alles umsonst, einen granatenmäßigen Affen angesoffen. There he was at the wine fair and got totally plastered at the stall of the local vintner association, where everything was free for members.
Declension
m.weak
Hyponyms
de Altweltaffe Berberaffe Inselaffe Klammeraffe Lackaffe Maulaffe Menschenaffe Neuweltaffe Rhesusaffe Breitnasenaffe Schmalnasenaffe
Derived terms
de affig
de nachäffen
de wie ein Affe auf dem Schleifstein
Related terms
de Affenbande
de Affenbrotbaum
de Affenente
de Affentheater
Further reading
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
hrx noun form
hrx Aff
Pennsylvania German
Noun
pdc noun form
pdc Aff