Noun: Neffe
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Neffe |
| Plural | Neffen |
Definite
| Singular | der Neffe |
| Plural | die Neffen |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Neffen |
| Plural | Neffen |
Definite
| Singular | des Neffen |
| Plural | der Neffen |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Neffen |
| Plural | Neffen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Neffen |
| Plural | den Neffen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Neffen |
| Plural | Neffen |
Definite
| Singular | den Neffen |
| Plural | die Neffen |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like Neffe
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 neve, from Old High German nefo, nevo, from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô. Cognate with Dutch neef, obsolete English neve. Further from Proto-Indo-European *népōts, whence English nephew, which see for more.
2. The form with -ff- is irregular and was spread by Luther. The development -v- → -ff- before a sonorant (here the n of the inflected forms) is also found in Early Modern German Offen, Freffel for Ofen, Frevel, and frequently in Low German; compare Middle Low German effen, gaffel, neffel, neffen for even, gavel, nevel, neven (the last in the sense of “next to”). See: Dutch Nouns '
neef', English Nouns '
neve'.
Verbs referencing "Neffe"
English Nouns
nephew, Old English Nouns
nefa.
Translations