Klammeraffe

German

Etymology

From klammern + Affe. In the informal sense “stapler”, perhaps reanalysed as Klammer + Affe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkla.mɐ.ˌʔa.fə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Klam‧mer‧af‧fe

Noun

Klammeraffe m (genitive Klammeraffen, plural Klammeraffen)

  1. spider monkey (Ateles)
  2. (humorous) stapler (device which binds together sheets of paper)
  3. at sign (@)

Declension

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.