Feh

See also: Fe/H and feh

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vēch (“spotted, mottled fur”), from the adjective vēch, vēhe, vē (“multicoloured”, whence obsolete German fech, feh), from Old High German fēh, from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz. Cognate with Scots faw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feː/
• Rhymes: -eː

• Audio

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Noun

Feh n (strong, genitive Fehs, plural Fehe)

1. (clothing) squirrel fur; vair
2. (clothing, zoology) a squirrel from which such fur can be produced, especially the Siberian subspecies of the red squirrel
3. (zoology, obsolete) ermine
4. (heraldry) vair

Declension

Declension of Feh [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Feh	die	Fehe
genitive	eines	des	Fehs	der	Fehe
dative	einem	dem	Feh	den	Fehen
accusative	ein	das	Feh	die	Fehe

Derived terms

• (heraldic vair): Buntfeh, Eisenhutfeh, Gegenfeh, Hutfeh, Krückenfeh, Pfahlfeh, Wolkenfeh

Further reading

• “Feh” in Duden online