Noun: Kabuff
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Kabuff |
| Plural | Kabuffe; Kabuffs |
Definite
| Singular | das Kabuff |
| Plural | die Kabuffe; Kabuffs |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Kabuffs |
| Plural | Kabuffe; Kabuffs |
Definite
| Singular | des Kabuffs |
| Plural | der Kabuffe; Kabuffs |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Kabuff |
| Plural | Kabuffen; Kabuffs |
Definite
| Singular | dem Kabuff |
| Plural | den Kabuffen; Kabuffs |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Kabuff |
| Plural | Kabuffe; Kabuffs |
Definite
| Singular | das Kabuff |
| Plural | die Kabuffe; Kabuffs |
Sample Sentences
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Jetzt hatte sie eine Masse Unfug getrieben, Unheil angestiftet, und Unrat konnte sich, in fassungsloser, martervoller Rachgier, nichts Ersehnenswerteres mehr vorstellen, als daß die Künstlerin Fröhlich in einem tiefen und finstern Kabuff ihr Leben enden möge. (Now she had done a lot of mischief, caused harm, and Unrat, in his utter, agonizing thirst for revenge, could not imagine anything more desirable than having the artist Fröhlich end her life in a deep, dark, small room.) [1905, Heinrich Mann, Professor Unrat oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 194:]
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In dem Kabuff, wo die drei Damen sitzen, ist immer sehr schlechte Luft. (In the tiny room the three ladies were sitting in, the air was always very stuffy.) [1953, Erich Wildberger, Ring über Ostkreuz, Rowohlt, page 13:]
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Um ihn darin nicht zu stören, hielt As des Weiteren den Mund, holte einen Liegestuhl aus dem Kabuff, stelle ihn auf dem anderen Ende des Raketendachs auf und machte es sich darin bequem. (Such as to not disturb him in this, As shut up from then on, got a deck chair out of the storage compartment, set it up at the other end of the spaceship roof and made himself comfortable in it.) [2016, Gerhard Branstner, Der Sternenkavalier, →ISBN:]
Nouns inflected like Kabuff
Wackelpudding,
Aperitif,
Dummerjan,
Fazit,
Kuguar,
Kabuff,
Kaftan,
Kognak,
Supplement,
Kulturmuslim,
Bisam,
Mohär,
Sterlet,
Itzig,
Spargeltarzan,
Picknick,
Kliff,
Muslim,
Mohair,
Trill, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Probably derived from Middle Low German kabūse (“shed”) (compare Kombüse) through conflation with another word, which may either Dutch kombof (“hovel”) or one from the root of German Koben (“stable, shed”). Commonly associated with Rotwelsch, and possibly spread by it. See: German Nouns '
Koben'.
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