Kaff
Meaning
backwater, Hicksville, bumfuck (a backwards, boring rural town or village)
Synonyms
Kuhkaff
letztes Loch
Milchkanne
Posemukel
Marktflecken
Pusemuckel
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaf/
Etymology
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.
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