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Noun

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fixen (plural fixens)

  1. Obsolete form of vixen.
    • 1605, Richard Verstegen, A restitution of decayed intelligence. ... 1605[1]:
      fixen, This is the name of a ſhee-fox, otherwiſe & more anciently foxin. It is in reproche applyed to a woman whoſe nature and condition is thereby compared to the ſhee-fox.

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Verb

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fixen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of fixar

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fixen

  1. to inject drugs
  2. (sports) to fix a game through bribery or manipulation

Usage notes

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Not to be confused with fiksen (to fix) and fixeren (to fixate).

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fixen (weak)
infinitive fixen
past singular fixte
past participle gefixt
infinitive fixen
gerund fixen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular fix fixte
2nd person sing. (jij) fixt, fix2 fixte
2nd person sing. (u) fixt fixte
2nd person sing. (gij) fixt fixte
3rd person singular fixt fixte
plural fixen fixten
subjunctive sing.1 fixe fixte
subjunctive plur.1 fixen fixten
imperative sing. fix
imperative plur.1 fixt
participles fixend gefixt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Galician

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Verb

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fixen

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of facer

German

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Etymology

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The verb is borrowed from English fix +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fixen (weak, third-person singular present fixt, past tense fixte, past participle gefixt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (informal, transitive) to fix, repair
  2. (slang) to shoot (drugs)
    Synonym: drücken
    • 1978, Horst Rieck, Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.], →ISBN:
      Wenn man anfängt zu fixen, dauert es doch ziemlich lange, bis man physisch total abhängig vom Heroin ist, wenn man nicht jeden Tag drückt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Adjective

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fixen

  1. inflection of fix:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

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  • fixen” in Duden online
  • fixen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English fyxe, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī. Equivalent to fox +‎ -en (feminine suffix).

Noun

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fixen

  1. a vixen (female fox)

Descendants

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  • English: vixen

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Swedish

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Noun

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fixen

  1. definite singular of fix

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