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Fuß.

foot (body part)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/fuːs/

  1. foot (body part)

    masculine · strong

  2. footing

    masculine · strong

  3. pedestal

    masculine · strong

  4. foot

    masculine · singular · singular-only · strong
    900 Fuß hoch

  5. metrical foot

    masculine · strong

  6. leg

    masculine · regional · strong
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle High German vuoȥ, from Old High German fuoȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts (“foot”) (compare West Frisian foet, Dutch voet, Low German Foot, English foot, Danish fod), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

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