Five German words ending with "-nf"

I needlessly kept the "kann"; I amagine you could just say "Mann schriebt fünf so."

If it turns out I've figured this out, I think I have earned the German equivalent of a noddy badge. Do let us know, kilo fox.

#10, I would keep the "kann" as part of the explanation of the riddle or game or however you call it, it sounds more 'right' to my ear; though it's not completely wrong without.

I'm not too sure what a noddy badge is but we'll try our best to get one for you, you definitely deserve it ;-)

#11 -- OK, I'll take your word about "kann".

Noddy badges are actually not my culture either (I'm American). My understanding is that they're what English schoolteachers give children as a small reward: a picture of the Englsh children's book character Noddy stuck to the test paper or whatever. The American equivalent would be a gold star, but I like the sound of noddy badge better.

To supply all your Noddy needs, see here.

I think the custom of awarding noddy badges must be obsolete, though. I don't seem to find noddy badges for sale in bulk on the net. Perhaps it's thought to damage self-esteem unless everyone gets a Noddy badge. (Bart Simpson has a trophy from "Everybody Gets a Trophy Day".)

...perhaps if you checked e-BayUK, Vinny. I'll give you a Noddy Badge in spirit meanwhile! Great work w/German! :-)

Apparently, there's no real answer to this riddle. But if I understand that page correctly, there's a stream in Switzerland called Sernf, that was presumably added to the Duden dictionary at least in part because it ends in -nf, so that it can be listed as the fifth word now.

#14 -- Great link! Especially all the different answers for different categories of people :-)

#14, WOW!!! Awsome link!! Thanx very much!
I'll ask Mutti about the Sernf in Switzerland to see if she was aware of it.

Actually, there are even more than 5.

This sounds like a good idea for a late night TV phone in :-)

Well, I'm not too sure if anyone of you is still with me/this thread!?
Anyhow, as promised, just to let you know that finally I got the answer from Mutti - sorry that it took so long, my parents spent quite some time in the "underdevelopped" part of Canada, and then I spent some time in the Cambodian countryside - and in fact, they never knew the exact answer, if there really were five words ending in -nf, or what.... They had heard about the riddle that was going around in the newspapers etc., and to keep their kids busy, they asked us to find those five words. Which we never did.......