Backfisch

1. (masculine, strong) baked or fried fish, or a fish intended for baking or frying
2. (dated, humorous, masculine, strong) backfisch, teenage or late-adolescent girl

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

schitzligmaitli

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈbakˌfɪʃ]

Etymology

From backen (“to bake”) + Fisch (“fish”). Figurative sense probably from the use of younger, smaller fish for baking, although many different theories exist.

Concepts

teenager

flapper

lass

shaveling

young

fried fish

teenage girl

young girl

adolescent female

boy

👦

backfisch

Synonyms

Teenager

Teen

Jugendlicher

Jüngling

Jugendliche

Adoleszent

junges Mädchen

Heranwachsende

Teenie

Jüngelchen

Halbwüchsige

Pubertierender

Pubertäts…

Bürschchen

Jugend…

Halbstarker

Heranwachsender

Mädchen

👧

Mädel

👧

junger Mensch

Halbwüchsiger

Translations

poisson

🐟

bakvis

adolescente

gamine

🧒

adolescent

ragazzino

έφηβος

έφηβη

fris

tout jeune homme

giovincello

ado

νέος/νέα 13-19 χρόνων

pesce fritto

adolescent