Pfote

German

Etymology

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.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpfoːtə/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈfoːtə/ (northern Germany, central Germany)

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• Rhymes: -oːtə
• Hyphenation: Pfo‧te

Noun

Pfote f (genitive Pfote, plural Pfoten, diminutive Pfötchen n or Pfötlein n)

1. paw (soft foot/hand of a mammal)

   Synonym: Pranke (“a large paw”)

2. (informal) hand (of a human)

   Pfoten weg! ― Paws off!

Declension

Declension of Pfote [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pfote	die	Pfoten
genitive	einer	der	Pfote	der	Pfoten
dative	einer	der	Pfote	den	Pfoten
accusative	eine	die	Pfote	die	Pfoten

Further reading

• “Pfote” in Duden online
• “Pfote” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache