Maulaffe
German, noun[ˈmaʊ̯lˌʔafə]
Maulaffe is spelled M-A-U-L-A-F-F-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written German, the 564,542nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maulaffe is a German masculine noun meaning “head-shaped holder for fatwood (Kienspan), where the fatwood is put into the head's mouth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “tönerner, kopfförmiger Halter für Kienspäne, in dessen offenes Maul man den Kienspan steckt”.
What does Maulaffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehead-shaped holder for fatwood (Kienspan), where the fatwood is put into the head's mouth
- 2
derogatorymasculineidle gaper
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tönerner, kopfförmiger Halter für Kienspäne, in dessen offenes Maul man den Kienspan steckt 2. mit offenem Mund gaffender Mensch
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 Maulaffe
- Maulaffen genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Maulaffe?
- [ˈmaʊ̯lˌʔafə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Maulaffe in German?
Maulaffe appears about once in every 81 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).