Fuchs

English

Etymology

From German Fuchs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjuːks/

Proper noun

Fuchs

  1. A surname.

Derived terms


Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German 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

  • (Zurich) IPA(key): /fuxs/

Noun

Fuchs m (plural Füchs, diminutive Füchsli)

  1. fox

German

Etymology

From Old High German fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (the tailed one), from *puḱ- (tail). Cognate with English fox, Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʊks/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊks

Noun

Fuchs m (genitive Fuchses, plural Füchse, diminutive Füchslein n or Füchschen n, feminine Füchsin)

  1. fox (animal)
    Fuchs, du hast die Gans gestohlen. Gib sie wieder her!
    Fox, you stole the goose. Bring it back again!
    (line from a popular children’s song)
  2. (informal) a clever or cunning person
    Er ist ein ganz schöner Fuchs.
    He is a really handsome fox.
  3. (informal) a red-haired person
    Unser Paul ist ja ein kleiner Fuchs.
    Our Paul is a little redhead.
  4. (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.

Declension

(canids) Hund; Kojote, Hund, Fuchs, Schakal, Wolf (Category: de:Canids)

Hyponyms

  • Afghanfuchs
  • Andenfuchs
  • Azarafuchs
  • Bengalfuchs
  • Blassfuchs
  • Blaufuchs
  • Canafuchs
  • Chama-Fuchs
  • Culpeofuchs
  • Darwin-Fuchs
  • Eisfuchs
  • Festland-Graufuchs
  • Feuerlandfuchs
  • Fuchsbaby
  • Füchsin
  • Fuchsjunges
  • Fuchsmännchen
  • Fuchsrüde
  • Fuchsweibchen
  • Fuchswelpe
  • Fuchswelpin
  • Graufuchs
  • Großohrfuchs
  • Großohr-Kitfuchs
  • Insel-Graufuchs
  • Jungfuchs
  • Kama-Fuchs
  • Kapfuchs
  • Kitfuchs
  • Kurzohrfuchs
  • Löffelfuchs
  • Magellanfuchs
  • Pampasfuchs
  • Polarfuchs
  • Rotfuchs
  • Rüppellfuchs
  • Sandfuchs
  • Savannenfuchs
  • Sechurafuchs
  • Sechuran-Fuchs
  • Silberfuchs
  • Silberrückenfuchs
  • Steinfuchs
  • Steppenfuchs
  • Swiftfuchs
  • Swift-Fuchs
  • Tibetfuchs
  • Waldfuchs
  • Weißfuchs
  • Wüstenfuchs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Danish: fuks
  • Norwegian: fuks
  • Swedish: fux

Proper noun

Fuchs ? (genitive Fuchs)

  1. A common surname originating as a nickname.
  2. A German Jewish surname.

Further reading

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