Fuchs
English
editEtymology
editFrom German Fuchs. Doublet of Fox and Vos.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /fjuːks/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -uːks
Proper noun
editFuchs
- A surname from German.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fuchs is the 2,784th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12,958 individuals. Fuchs is most common among White (95.03%) individuals.
Alemannic German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”). Cognate with German Fuchs, Dutch vos, English fox, also Sanskrit पुच्छ (puccha, “tail”), Tocharian B päkā (“tail, chowry”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editBavarian
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editFuchs
Declension
edit- Dative plural: Füchsen
Derived terms
editGerman
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle High German vuhs, from Old High German fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), from *puḱ- (“tail”). Cognate with English fox, Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha).
Noun
editFuchs m (strong, genitive Fuchses, plural Füchse, diminutive Füchslein n or Füchschen n, feminine Füchsin)
- fox (animal)
- Fuchs, du hast die Gans gestohlen. Gib sie wieder her!
- Fox, you stole the goose. Bring it back again!
- (informal) a clever or cunning person
- Er ist ein ganz schöner Fuchs.
- He is a really handsome fox.
- (informal) a red-haired person or horse.
- Unser Paul ist ja ein kleiner Fuchs.
- Our Paul is a little redhead.
- pledge (prospective member of a fraternity)
- (military, slang) A new recruit.
- (card games) In Doppelkopf, the ace of diamonds, which earns a side of players an extra point if they win it from the other side
- Ich hatte nur vier Trümpfe und darunter beide Füchse.
- I had only four trumps and among them were both aces of diamonds.
- (military) a tank Transportpanzer Fuchs
- (archaic) A form of sunscald on hops.
- Synonyms: Röte, rote Lohe, Sommerbrand
- a fox in radiosport foxhunt
- (obsolete) any gold coin
- (entomology) tortoiseshell
Declension
editHyponyms
edit- Afghanfuchs
- Andenfuchs
- Azarafuchs
- Bastard-Fuchs
- Bengalfuchs
- Blassfuchs
- Blaufuchs
- Brandfuchs
- Canafuchs
- Chama-Fuchs
- Culpeofuchs
- Darwin-Fuchs
- Eisfuchs
- Falklandfuchs
- Festland-Graufuchs
- Feuerfuchs
- Feuerlandfuchs
- Graufuchs
- Großohr-Kitfuchs
- Großohrfuchs
- Insel-Graufuchs
- Jungfuchs
- Kama-Fuchs
- Kapfuchs
- Kitfuchs
- Kurzohrfuchs
- Löffelfuchs
- Magellanfuchs
- Mauerfuchs
- Obstfuchs
- Pampasfuchs
- Polarfuchs
- Rotfuchs
- Rüppellfuchs
- Sandfuchs
- Savannenfuchs
- Schlaufuchs
- Schneefuchs
- Sechurafuchs
- Sechuran-Fuchs
- Seefuchs
- Silberfuchs
- Silberrückenfuchs
- Sparfuchs
- Spefuchs
- Steinfuchs
- Steppenfuchs
- Swift-Fuchs
- Swiftfuchs
- Taktikfuchs
- Tibetfuchs
- Waldfuchs
- Weißfuchs
- Wüstenfuchs
Coordinate terms
edit(canids) Hund; Kojote, Hund, Fuchs, Schakal, Wolf (Category: de:Canids)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editProper noun
editFuchs m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Fuchs' or (with an article) Fuchs, feminine genitive Fuchs, plural Fuchs or Fuchsens)
Etymology 2
editProbably from an alteration of archaic Feist (“fart”). Compare the older variants Feix, Feits.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editFuchs m (strong, genitive Fuchses, plural Füchse)
- a member of a student fraternity in his first year
- 1870, “Der Student auf Ferien”, in Die Gartenlaube[1], number 1, page 16:
- Und es werden wohl die ersten Ferien sein, die der Fuchs im Elternhause zubringt, denn Hund und Pfeife, Wasserstiefel und Verbindungsband stehen dem sammetröckigen Bruder Studio noch so neu, es sieht Alles noch so wohlgehalten aus, wie bemoostere Häupter es nicht zur Schau tragen können.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan[2], Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 31:
- Ein Drama entstand, wenn ein junger Fuchs sich den Scherz machte, ihm das Bierglas wegzunehmen. Delitzsch rührte kein Glied, aber seine Miene, die dem geraubten Glase überall hin folgte, enthielt plötzlich den ganzen, stürmisch bewegten Ernst des Daseins, und er rief in sächsischem Schreitenor: […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (by extension) beginner; fresher
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- Rhymes:German/ʊks
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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