Adjective: taff
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | taffer |
| feminine | taffe |
| neuter | taffes |
| plural | taffe |
Genitive
| masculine | taffen |
| feminine | taffer |
| neuter | taffen |
| plural | taffer |
Dative
| masculine | taffem |
| feminine | taffer |
| neuter | taffem |
| plural | taffen |
Accusative
| masculine | taffen |
| feminine | taffe |
| neuter | taffes |
| plural | taffe |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der taffe |
| feminine | die taffe |
| neuter | das taffe |
| plural | die taffen |
Genitive
| masculine | des taffen |
| feminine | der taffen |
| neuter | des taffen |
| plural | der taffen |
Dative
| masculine | dem taffen |
| feminine | der taffen |
| neuter | dem taffen |
| plural | den taffen |
Accusative
| masculine | den taffen |
| feminine | die taffe |
| neuter | das taffe |
| plural | die taffen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein taffer |
| feminine | eine taffe |
| neuter | ein taffes |
| plural | taffen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines taffen |
| feminine | einer taffen |
| neuter | eines taffen |
| plural | taffen |
Dative
| masculine | einem taffen |
| feminine | einer taffen |
| neuter | einem taffen |
| plural | taffen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen taffen |
| feminine | eine taffe |
| neuter | ein taffes |
| plural | taffen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | taff |
| Comparative | taffer |
| Superlative | am taffsten |
Sample Sentences
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Enrique Iglesias über seine Lebensgefährtin: “Ich wünschte, ich wäre nur halb so taff und kämpferisch.” (Enrique Iglesias on his partner: “I wish I was only half as tough and combative”)
Adjectives inflected like taff
bildungsfern,
szenig,
breitschulterig,
altsächsisch,
nutzerfreundlich,
psychoanalytisch,
unrettbar,
unverträglich,
unzerreißbar,
würzig,
würdig,
wütend,
kringelig,
sexbesessen,
sexual,
seelig,
seimig,
seidig,
seifig,
sehnig, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Borrowed from English tough. Perhaps influenced by older toff (“good, cool, well-dressed”), from Yiddish טובֿ (tof), from Hebrew טוֹב (tov, “good”). Compare Dutch tof and English toff. Doublet of zäh. See: English Adjectives '
tough', Dutch Adjectives '
tof'.
Verbs referencing "taff"
German Adjectives
tough.
Translations