Declension of German noun Pfaffe with plural and article

The most important forms of "Pfaffe" are: genitive singular "Pfaffen" and nominative plural "Pfaffen". The noun Pfaffe is weakly declined. The endings are n/n. “Pfaffe” is masculine. The article is “der Pfaffe”. “Pfaffe” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level. Here you can not only inflect Pfaffe but also all German nouns. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · regular · -en, -en

der Pfaffe

Pfaffen · Pfaffen

Endings n/n   Shortening of plural endings to 'n'   Shortening the singular endings to 'n'   Singular nominative with optional 'n'   Dative plural without additional 'n'  

English cleric, priest, clergyman, coining die, parson, shaveling

/ˈpfafə/ · /ˈpfafən/ · /ˈpfafən/

Priester

» Pfaffen segnen sich zuerst. English Priests bless themselves first.

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Declension of Pfaffe in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derPfaffe
Gen. desPfaffen
Dat. demPfaffen
Acc. denPfaffen

Plural

Nom. diePfaffen
Gen. derPfaffen
Dat. denPfaffen
Acc. diePfaffen
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Examples

Example sentences for Pfaffe

  • Pfaffen segnen sich zuerst. 
    English Priests bless themselves first.
  • Pfaffen sollen nicht aus der Beichte schwatzen. 
    English Priests should not gossip about confession.
  • Das Beste in die Mitte, sagte der Teufel, und läuft zwischen zwei Pfaffen . 
    English The best in the middle, said the devil, and runs between two priests.
  • Zu seinen Lieblingsopfern gehörten die Pfaffen , denn Religion eignete sich schon damals vortrefflich, um als Scheinheiliger unheilig zu leben. 
    English His favorite victims were the priests, for religion was already well-suited at that time to live as a hypocrite.
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Translations

Translation of German Pfaffe

German Pfaffe
English cleric, priest, clergyman, coining die, parson, shaveling
Russian поп, свяще́нник, священник, церко́вник
Spanish cura, sacerdote
French cureton, curaillon, curé, prêtre
Turkish papaz, rahip
Portuguese padre, sacerdote
Italian prete, pretaccio, sacerdote
Romanian preot
Hungarian pap
Polish duchowny, kapłan, klecha
Greek ιερέας, τραγόπαπας
Dutch priester, geestelijke, paap
Czech duchovní, flanďák, kněz, kněžour
Swedish präst, svartrock
Danish præst
Japanese 司祭, 神父
Catalan sacerdot
Finnish pappi, saarnaaja
Norwegian prest
Basque apaiz
Serbian duhovnik, sveštenik
Macedonian свештеник
Slovenian duhovnik, svečenik
Slowakisch duchovný, kňaz
Bosnian duhovnik, svećenik
Croatian duhovnik, svećenik
Ukrainian священик
Bulgarian свещеник
Belorussian святар
Indonesian pendeta
Vietnamese linh mục
Uzbek ruhban
Hindi पादरी
Chinese 牧师
Thai บาทหลวง
Korean 사제
Azerbaijani ruhban
Georgian მღვდელი
Bengali পাদ্রী
Albanian prift
Marathi पाद्री
Nepali पाद्री
Telugu పాడ్రీ
Latvian priesteris
Tamil பாட்ரி
Estonian preester
Armenian քահանա
Kurdish padir
Hebrewכוהן، רב
Arabicكاهن
Persianکشیش
Urduپادری

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Frequently asked questions about the noun "Pfaffe"

The noun “Pfaffe” is declined in all four cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). The declension includes the singular and plural forms and shows how the word changes depending on the case. All declension forms of “Pfaffe” are explained below. The most important forms are given for the nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative, each in the singular and plural.

How is "Pfaffe" declined?

“Pfaffe” is masculine. The article is “der Pfaffe”.

Is “Pfaffe” masculine, feminine, or neuter?

“Pfaffe” is masculine. The article is “der Pfaffe”.

What is the singular of "Pfaffe"?

The singular of “Pfaffe” is: der Pfaffe. The singular forms are: der Pfaffe (nominative), des Pfaffen (genitive), dem Pfaffen (dative) and den Pfaffen (accusative).

What is the plural of “Pfaffe”?

The singular of “Pfaffe” is: die Pfaffen. The singular forms are: die Pfaffen (nominative), der Pfaffen (genitive), den Pfaffen (dative) and die Pfaffen (accusative).

At what language level is “Pfaffe” used?

“Pfaffe” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level.

What are the peculiarities of the declension of “Pfaffe”?

The declension of Pfaffe as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Pfaffe is crucial.

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* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 46270

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