Kaff
German, noun/kaf/
Kaff is a German neuter noun meaning “backwater, Hicksville, bumfuck (a backwards, boring rural town or village)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleine, abgelegene, unbedeutende Ortschaft”.
What does Kaff mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatoryneuterbackwater, Hicksville, bumfuck (a backwards, boring rural town or village)
noun
- 1
datedmasculineneuterchaff
- 2
derogatorymasculineneuterjunk, rubbish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleine, abgelegene, unbedeutende Ortschaft
noun: 1. Spreu 2. als wertlos Betrachtetes
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kaff
- Kaffs genitive
- Kaffes genitive
- Käffer plural
- Kaffe plural
- Käffern dative definite plural
- Kaffen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kaff?
- /kaf/
- [kaf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kaff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kaff in German?
Kaff appears 2.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).