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Pfanne.

frying pan

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpfanə//ˈfanə//ˈpfan(ː)ə/Switzerland
  1. frying pan

    feminine
  2. short for compounds having -pfanne as their last component

    abbreviation · alt-of · feminine
    Dachpfanne
    Pulverpfanne
  3. in technical contexts often a metaphor for various implements termed in English mostly socket, as well as in anatomical terminology.

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German pfanne, from Old High German phanna, from Proto-West Germanic *pannā, from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ, from Late Latin panna, from Latin patina (“bowl, platter”). Doublet of Patina.

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