Feminine

Pfote

Meaning

  1. (feminine) paw (soft foot/hand of a mammal)
  2. (feminine, informal) hand (of a human)

Frequency

21k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

doope

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gloope

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

pfoote

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpfoːtə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Low German pōte. Cognate with Dutch poot. The onset pf- through secondary and inadequate adaptation to the Upper German consonantism. (The expected form of a hypothetical cognate would be *pfoße.)

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