Fuge

See also: fuge, füge, fugę, and fùgē

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfuːɡə]
• Hyphenation: Fu‧ge

Etymology 1

From fügen.

Noun

Fuge f (genitive Fuge, plural Fugen)

1. joint (of bricks/tiles)

Declension

Declension of Fuge [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Fuge	die	Fugen
genitive	einer	der	Fuge	der	Fugen
dative	einer	der	Fuge	den	Fugen
accusative	eine	die	Fuge	die	Fugen

Derived terms

• Fugen-s

Related terms

• Fugenelement
• Fugenglied
• Fugenzeichen
• Kompositionsfuge

Descendants

• → Hungarian: fuga
• → Polish: fuga (Etymology 1)

Etymology 2

From Italian fuga, itself borrowed from Latin fuga.

Noun

Fuge f (genitive Fuge, plural Fugen)

2. (music) fugue

   Die Kunst der Fuge ― The Art of Fugue (musical work by Johann Sebastian Bach)

Declension

Declension of Fuge [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Fuge	die	Fugen
genitive	einer	der	Fuge	der	Fugen
dative	einer	der	Fuge	den	Fugen
accusative	eine	die	Fuge	die	Fugen

Related terms

• (music): Doppelfuge, Tripelfuge, Orgelfuge

Descendants

• → Czech: fuga
• → Russian: фуга (fuga)
  • → Kazakh: фуга (fuga)

Further reading

• “Fuge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Fuge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fuge (Musikstück)” in Duden online
• “Fuge (Lücke, Schlitz)” in Duden online