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belfern.

to bark

7 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈbɛlfɐn/
  1. to bark

    also · colloquial · dated · figuratively · weak
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Probably from bellen (“to bark”) with the iterative suffix + -ern. The -f- is explainable either as a phonetic intensification, onomatopoeia, or by influence of other dog-related sound vocabulary (Middle High German baffen, German kläffen); compare also the pair gellen and gelfern, gelfen. Attested since the first half of the 16th century (earliest attestation given below).

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