Pfiff

See the verb pfeifen (“to whistle”)

• (standard) IPA^(key): /pfɪf/
• (most speakers in northern and central Germany) IPA^(key): /fɪf/

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• Rhymes: -ɪf

Pfiff m (strong, genitive Pfiffes or Pfiffs, plural Pfiffe, diminutive Pfiffchen n)

1. a whistle sound
2. (informal) particular appeal by some form of artifice
3. (Bavaria, Austria) a regionally varying liquid measure and form of glass for beer, smaller than the usual measure served

• pfeifen
• pfiffig
• Anpfiff
• Abpfiff

• “Pfiff” in Duden online
• “Pfiff” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Pfiff” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pfiff” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.