Schlaraffe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German slûraffe, literally "lazy monkey", a compound of slûr (“idler, lazybones”), from which also German Schluri (“thoughtless, irresponsible, unreliable person”) derives,[1] + affe (“fool, idiot, dork”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃlaˈʁafə]
  • Hyphenation: Schla‧raf‧fe
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Noun

Schlaraffe m (weak, genitive Schlaraffen, plural Schlaraffen)

  1. (archaic) idler, loafer

Declension

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Derived terms

References
  1. Mitteilungen des Deutschschweizerischen Sprachvereins volume 8 (1924)

Further reading
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