Fuchsschwanz

German

A handsaw

Etymology

From Middle High German vuhsswanz, from Middle Low German vosswanz. By surface analysis, Fuchs (“fox”) +‎ Schwanz (“tail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʊksˌʃvant͡s/

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• Hyphenation: Fuchs‧schwanz

Noun

Fuchsschwanz m (strong, genitive Fuchsschwanzes, plural Fuchsschwänze)

1. fox's tail
2. crosscut saw, handsaw
3. Lisi Ogon (a village in Poland)

   Synonym: Steinholz

Declension

Declension of Fuchsschwanz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fuchsschwanz	die	Fuchsschwänze
genitive	eines	des	Fuchsschwanzes	der	Fuchsschwänze
dative	einem	dem	Fuchsschwanz, Fuchsschwanze1	den	Fuchsschwänzen
accusative	einen	den	Fuchsschwanz	die	Fuchsschwänze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• Danish: fukssvans
• Swedish: fogsvans

Further reading

• “Fuchsschwanz” in Duden online
• “Fuchsschwanz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache