Suff

German

Etymology

Secondary ablaut formation (16th or 17th c.) from saufen (“to drink, swig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʊf/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Suff m (strong, genitive Suffs or Suffes, no plural)

1. (especially colloquial) drinking, alcoholism

   Der Suff hat ihn kaputt gemacht.

   His excessive drinking destroyed him.

Declension

Declension of Suff [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Suff
genitive	eines	des	Suffs, Suffes
dative	einem	dem	Suff, Suffe1
accusative	einen	den	Suff

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Suffkopp

Further reading

• “Suff” in Duden online