An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/paff

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by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry paff. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2630645An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — paffJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ paff, interjection, ‘puff! bang!’ Modern High German only, agreeing with Low German and Dutch paf, ‘puff!’; scarcely allied to late Middle High German baffen, ‘to bark’; it is rather a recent onomatopoetic form.

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