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taff.

tough, robust, hard-bitten, assertive, socially apt and self-assured, quick-witted

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/taf/
  1. tough, robust, hard-bitten, assertive, socially apt and self-assured, quick-witted

    colloquial
    Enrique Iglesias über seine Lebensgefährtin: “Ich wünschte, ich wäre nur halb so taff und kämpferisch.”
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English tough. Perhaps influenced by older toff (“good, cool, well-dressed”), from Yiddish טובֿ (tof), from Hebrew טוֹב (tov, “good”). Compare Dutch tof and English toff. Doublet of zäh.

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