"Siff" meaning in German

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "entsiffen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "siffig"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "versiffen",
        "3": "versifft",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "back-formation from versifft",
      "name": "back-formation"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "sīfen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German sīfen",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*sīpaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sīpaną",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Syph f (“syphilis”), clipping of Syphilis, either directly or as a back-formation from versifft (also spelt versypht). The use for “filth” has existed in slang since at least the 1960s; it became more widely accepted during the 1980s.\nWhile the origin from Syphilis is not in doubt, note that dialectally (e.g. Rhineland, parts of Hesse) there is a verb seifen, siffen, siefen (“to ooze, seep”), from Middle High German sīfen, from Proto-Germanic *sīpaną, by which it may have been influenced or reinforced.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Siffs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Siff",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Siffs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Siff",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Siff",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Siff m (strong, genitive Siffs, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.sg"
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  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "versiffen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German back-formations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "82 18",
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Das Badezimmer ist ein einziger Siff!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2008, Joachim Moras, Hans Paeschke, Merkur, volume 62, page 182",
          "text": "Ein Radio plärrt durch die offene Tür. Arbeiterimbiss – ein Siff von Dosenravioli, Discountkäse, Drecksbier und Dönerpapieren. Überquellender Kippenfänger auf Sperrmülltisch, Sperrholzstühle und Do-it-yourself-Küchenschränke.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "filth, dirt, especially moist or greasy kinds"
      ],
      "id": "en-Siff-de-noun-PW0Rhand",
      "links": [
        [
          "filth",
          "filth"
        ],
        [
          "dirt",
          "dirt"
        ],
        [
          "moist",
          "moist"
        ],
        [
          "greasy",
          "greasy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Schmiere"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schmutz"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Regional German",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nonsense, tosh"
      ],
      "id": "en-Siff-de-noun-DD0FH9o7",
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ],
        [
          "tosh",
          "tosh"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare or regional) nonsense, tosh"
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "rare",
        "regional",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/zɪf/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Siff.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/De-Siff.ogg/De-Siff.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/De-Siff.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Siff"
}

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  "categories": [
    "German 1-syllable words",
    "German back-formations",
    "German colloquialisms",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links",
    "German uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "entsiffen"
    },
    {
      "word": "siffig"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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    },
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        "2": "sīfen"
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        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*sīpaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sīpaną",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Syph f (“syphilis”), clipping of Syphilis, either directly or as a back-formation from versifft (also spelt versypht). The use for “filth” has existed in slang since at least the 1960s; it became more widely accepted during the 1980s.\nWhile the origin from Syphilis is not in doubt, note that dialectally (e.g. Rhineland, parts of Hesse) there is a verb seifen, siffen, siefen (“to ooze, seep”), from Middle High German sīfen, from Proto-Germanic *sīpaną, by which it may have been influenced or reinforced.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Siffs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Siff",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Siffs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Siff",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Siff",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Siff m (strong, genitive Siffs, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.sg"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "versiffen"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Das Badezimmer ist ein einziger Siff!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2008, Joachim Moras, Hans Paeschke, Merkur, volume 62, page 182",
          "text": "Ein Radio plärrt durch die offene Tür. Arbeiterimbiss – ein Siff von Dosenravioli, Discountkäse, Drecksbier und Dönerpapieren. Überquellender Kippenfänger auf Sperrmülltisch, Sperrholzstühle und Do-it-yourself-Küchenschränke.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "filth, dirt, especially moist or greasy kinds"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "filth",
          "filth"
        ],
        [
          "dirt",
          "dirt"
        ],
        [
          "moist",
          "moist"
        ],
        [
          "greasy",
          "greasy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Schmiere"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schmutz"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with rare senses",
        "Regional German"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nonsense, tosh"
      ],
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          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ],
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          "tosh",
          "tosh"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare or regional) nonsense, tosh"
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "rare",
        "regional",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/zɪf/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Siff"
}