After

Meaning

  1. (formal,literary,masculine,strong) anus
  2. (masculine,obsolete,strong) buttocks, backside

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

rosettli

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈaftɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German after, from Old High German aftero ("rear; behind; below"; compare Old High German aftar (“after”, preposition, adverb)), from Proto-Germanic *after, *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”). Compare English after, Dutch achter, Danish efter.

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