laff
German, adjective/laf/
laff is spelled L-A-F-F (4 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 271,406th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laff is a German adjective meaning “lethargic, weak, slack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur wenig oder gar nicht gewürzt, ohne Geschmack”.
What does laff mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lethargic, weak, slack
- 2
tasteless, insipid
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nur wenig oder gar nicht gewürzt, ohne Geschmack
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 laff
- laffer masculine nominative singular
- am laffsten superlative
- laffe feminine nominative singular
- laffes neuter nominative singular
- laffen genitive masculine singular
- laffem dative masculine singular
- der laffe definite includes-article masculine
- die laffe definite feminine includes-article
- das laffe definite includes-article neuter
- die laffen definite includes-article nominative
- des laffen definite genitive includes-article
- der laffen definite feminine genitive
- dem laffen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laff?
- /laf/
- [laf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is laff in German?
laff appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).