Fuchs.
fox (animal)
Meaning & usage
fox (animal)
Fuchs, du hast die Gans gestohlen. Gib sie wieder her!
a clever or cunning person, sly fox
Er ist ein ganz schöner Fuchs.
redhead (a red-haired person)
Unser Paul ist ja ein kleiner Fuchs.
chestnut, sorrel horse (horse with a reddish-brown coat, mane and tail)
pledge (prospective member of a fraternity)
a new recruit
the ace of diamonds in Doppelkopf, where it 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.
a tank Transportpanzer Fuchs
a form of sunscald on hops
a fox in radiosport foxhunt
any gold coin
tortoiseshell
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German vuhs, from Old High German fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), from *puḱ- (“tail”). Cognate with English fox, Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha).
a member of a student fraternity in his first year
beginner; fresher
Where this word comes from
Probably from an alteration of archaic Feist (“fat”). Compare the older variants Feix, Feits.
a common surname transferred from the nickname
a German Jewish surname
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German vuhs, from Old High German fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), from *puḱ- (“tail”). Cognate with English fox, Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha).
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