English edit

Noun edit

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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Catalan edit

Verb edit

fixen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of fixar

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

fixen

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

Usage notes edit

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

Inflection edit

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 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.

Galician edit

Verb edit

fixen

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of facer

German edit

Etymology edit

The verb is borrowed from English fix +‎ -en.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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)

Conjugation edit

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Adjective edit

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 edit

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

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

fixen

  1. a vixen (female fox)

Descendants edit

  • English: vixen

References edit

Swedish edit

Noun edit

fixen

  1. definite singular of fix

Anagrams edit