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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neff

/nɛf/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
neff
IPA
/nɛf/
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As a German, Alemannic German and Jewish surname, from the noun Neffe (“nephew”). * Americanized variant of Naff. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Neve, related to the nephew sense above. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McNeff, McNiff.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Neffs (plural)

Homonyms

nef

Rhymes With

jeff chef deaf ref pdf geoff steph clef rpf sheff leff sbf

Questions

How do you pronounce neff?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɛf/.
What does neff mean?
A surname.
Where does neff come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce neff

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