how to pronounce kaff

/kaf/

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kaff is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of kaff in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… auch ich dieses kaff rica tritt fasst …”

meanings of kaff

noun:

Junk, rubbish.
Chaff.
Backwater, Hicksville, bumfuck (a backwards, boring rural town or village).

kaff frequency in german - C2 level of CEFR

the word kaff occurs in german on average 5.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.