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Zofe.

lady's maid (personal handmaid of a noblewoman)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈt͡soːfə/
  1. lady's maid (personal handmaid of a noblewoman)

    feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

17th century, from East Central German dialects. Earlier already Zoffmagd (16th c.). Pertaining to a group of (probably interrelated) verbs zoffen, zaffen (“to hesitate”), zaufen (“to step back, walk behind”), Middle High German zāven (“to pull, rear, groom”). Which form exactly underlies seems uncertain; Middle High German -o-, -ou-, -ā- could all have become [oː] in the dialects in question. The further origin is entirely unknown.

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