Faxe

See also: faxe and faxé

English

Proper noun

Faxe

1. A town and municipality of the Region of Zealand, Denmark

Anagrams

• e-fax, faex

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaksə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

From a shortening of dialectal Fickesfackes (“nonsense, silly jokes”), from fickfacken (“to push back and forth, fuck around”), a reduplication of ficken (“to fuck”). Alternatively a derivative of obsolete fatzen (“to fool, make a fool of, mock”), from Middle High German fatzen (“to fool”).

Noun

Faxe f (genitive Faxe, plural Faxen)

1. (colloquial, often in the plural) shenanigan, nonsense

   Faxen machen ― to fool around, goof off

Declension

Declension of Faxe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Faxe	die	Faxen
genitive	einer	der	Faxe	der	Faxen
dative	einer	der	Faxe	den	Faxen
accusative	eine	die	Faxe	die	Faxen

Derived terms

• Faxenmacher

Etymology 2

Noun

Faxe

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Fax

Further reading

• “Faxe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Faxe (Faktotum)” in Duden online
• “Faxe (Grimasse, Unfug)” in Duden online