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Pfote.

paw (soft foot/hand of a mammal)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpfoːtə/standard/ˈfoːtə/
  1. paw (soft foot/hand of a mammal)

    feminine
  2. hand (of a human)

    feminine · informal
    Pfoten weg!
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German pōte. Cognate with Dutch poot. The onset pf- through secondary and inadequate adaptation to the Upper German consonantism. (The expected form of a hypothetical cognate would be *pfoße.)

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