Noun: Affe
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Affe |
| Plural | Affen |
Definite
| Singular | der Affe |
| Plural | die Affen |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Affen |
| Plural | Affen |
Definite
| Singular | des Affen |
| Plural | der Affen |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Affen |
| Plural | Affen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Affen |
| Plural | den Affen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Affen |
| Plural | Affen |
Definite
| Singular | den Affen |
| Plural | die Affen |
Sample Sentences
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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.) [2018, Daniel Tomazic, Kuhnles Gesetz: Ein badischer Heimatkrimi aus dem Mittleren Westen, page 10:]
Nouns inflected like Affe
Müllerbursche,
Astrologe,
Sängerknabe,
Lombarde,
Erzrivale,
Futurologe,
Gynäkologe,
Textologe,
Unterfranke,
Karobube,
Prügelknabe,
Prügeljunge,
Mykologe,
Seismologe,
Antipode,
Halunke,
Assassine,
Theologe,
Meteorologe,
Heckenschütze, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle High German affe, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.
2. The sense of drunkenness has been traced to the late 18ᵗʰ century, allegedly playing on the homophony of Czech opice (“monkey or ape”) and opít se (“to get drunk”), though the image of a monkey being a possessing demon is translingual, and thus Spanish mona (“she-ape”) also means drunkenness, Spanish mono (“he-ape”) withdrawal symptoms, English monkey a substance (typically, a recreational drug) addiction. See: Czech Nouns '
opice', Spanish Nouns '
mona', Spanish Nouns '
mono', English Nouns '
monkey'.
Verbs referencing "Affe"
English Nouns
ape, Faroese Nouns
apa.
Translations