Saft

German (Berlin)

/zaft/

noun
Definitions
  • (beverage) juice
  • (botany) sap
  • (zoology) fluid
  • (cooking) gravy, meat juice
  • (colloquial) power; electricity
  • (colloquial) agility; vitality; power
  • (slang) any bodily fluid, especially sweat and (vulgar) sperm or vaginal fluid

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German saf inherited from Old High German saf inherited from Proto-Germanic *sapą (juice, sap) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (research, try, taste, skill).

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Proto-Indo-European

*sap-

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research, try, taste, skill

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