paff

See also: Paff

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑf/
Rhymes: -ɑf

Adjective

paff (masculine paffen, neuter pafft, comparative méi paff, superlative am paffsten)

Declension

declension of paff

number and gender		singular			plural
number and gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass paff	si ass paff	et ass paff	si si(nn) paff
without article	nominative/accusative	paffen	paff	pafft	paff
without article	dative	paffem	paffer	paffem	paffen
with article	nominative/accusative	paffen	paff	pafft	paff
with article	dative	paffen	paffer	paffen	paffen

Synonyms

(speechless): platt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.

Adjective

paff (masculine and feminine paff, neuter paft, definite singular and plural paffe, comparative mer paff or paffere, indefinite superlative mest paff, definite superlative mest paffe)

stunned, speechless

References

“paff” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.

Adjective

paff (masculine and feminine paff, neuter paft, definite singular and plural paffe, comparative paffare, indefinite superlative paffast, definite superlative paffaste)

stunned, speechless

References

“paff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From German paff, baff (“bang”), from the stunned reaction one gets when firing a weapon.

Adjective

paff (comparative paffare, superlative paffast)

stunned, speechless
Synonyms: ställd, förbluffad

Declension

Inflection of paff
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	paff	paffare	paffast
Neuter singular	pafft	paffare	paffast
Plural	paffa	paffare	paffast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	paffe	paffare	paffaste
All	paffa	paffare	paffaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

References

paff-(2) in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

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