Kaff

(Inglés)

backwater, Hicksville, bumfuck (a backwards, boring rural town or village)

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/kaf/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Tomado de Romany: gav

Herdado de Middle High German: kaf

Herdado de Old High German: kaf

In summary

19th century, from Romani gav (“village”), from Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma, “village”). Probably influenced by Rotwelsch kefar, from Hebrew כְּפָר (kfar, “village”); perhaps also by etymology 2 in the sense of “something worthless”. The now common plural in -er probably after Dörfer.

Sinónimos

Dorf

Kuhdorf

Weiler

Hintertupfing

Kuhkaff

Nest

Örtchen

letztes Loch

Milchkanne

Posemuckel

Hintertupfingen

Kleinkleckersdorf

Einöde

Posemukel

Markt

Spreu

Marktflecken

Krähwinkel

Dörfchen

Pusemuckel