Fach
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from German Fach, short for Stimmfach. Doublet of fack.
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Fach (plural Fächer)
- (music) A method of classifying singers, primarily opera singers, according to the range, weight, and color of their voices.
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As an unadapted borrowing, this word is usually both capitalized (in accordance with German orthographic rules) and italicized in English-language texts.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German vach, from Old High German fah, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką.
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Fach n (strong, genitive Faches or Fachs, plural Fächer)
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Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From German Fach, from Middle High German vach, from Old High German fah, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką.
The contemporary form is clearly of German origin; there may have been an inherited *Faach, but the older dictionaries do not give it. Compare Gefaach.
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Fach n (plural Fächer)
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Fach n (plural Fecha)
- subject, course of study