Manlik

Neffe

Sinne

Betekenis

Er war der Neffe des berühmten Architekten Gottfried Semper.

He was the nephew of the famous architect Gottfried Semper.

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(Engels)

(masculine, weak) nephew (son of one's sibling or sibling-in-law)
(masculine, obsolete, weak) another male relative, especially a grandson, but also a cousin etc.

Frekwensie

Kanton Basel-Land

newee

Kanton Basel-Land

neewee

Kanton Basel-Land

nöwöö

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈnɛfə/

Geërf van Middle High German

Geërf van Old High German

Verwante met Nederlands

Verwante met Engels

In summary

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. 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”).