# der Affengriff

der Affengriff is a German noun meaning “Ctrl-Alt-Delete”. Forms: des Affengriffes, die Affengriffe.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Affengriffes
- Plural: die Affengriffe

## Meanings

1. A grip on a bar with the thumb laying next to the other fingers instead of encircling the bar.
2. _colloquial_ An uncomfortable keyboard shortcut involving multiple keys far apart from each other.
3. _colloquial · specifically_ Ctrl-Alt-Delete
   - Auf einmal bekomme ich einen abgestuerzten Amiga (mit Task-held Gadget) auf den Bildschirm... Erstmal staun, was hat MEIN Amiga auf den normalen Fernsehkanaelen zu suchen ?!! Also einfach mal den Affengriff gemacht.... nix passiert, Gadget bleibt da.... — Suddenly I get a crashed Amiga (with the task-held gadget) on my screen... At first I was confused, what's MY Amiga doing on the regular TV channels ?!! So I just did Ctrl-Alt-Delete.... nothing happens, Gadget remains where it is....

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
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