Fuchs
Meaning
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- (masculine,strong) fox (animal)
- (informal,masculine,strong) a clever or cunning person
- (informal,masculine,strong) a red-haired person or horse.
- (masculine,strong) pledge (prospective member of a fraternity)
- (masculine,slang,strong) A new recruit.
- (masculine,strong) In Doppelkopf, the ace of diamonds, which earns a side of players an extra point if they win it from the other side
- (masculine,strong) a tank Transportpanzer Fuchs
- (archaic,masculine,strong) A form of sunscald on hops.
- (masculine,strong) a fox in radiosport foxhunt
- (masculine,obsolete,strong) any gold coin
- (masculine,strong) tortoiseshell
Concepts
Synonyms
Meister Reineke
blutiger Anfänger
Erstsemester
Greenhorn
Unerfahrener
Vulpes
Fuchsfell
Alopex
Urocyon
Youngster
Andenfuchs
Jungspund
Meister Reinecke
Newbie
junger Spund
Nullanfänger
Jungfuchs
Rookie
Neueinsteiger
junger Hüpfer
junger Spritzer
noch nicht lange dabei
junger Dachs
Rotarsch
frisch von der Uni
neu im Geschäft
neu hier
Vulpes vulpes
Nachwuchs…
Fuchsmännchen
Fuchsweibchen
Fuchsrüde
Debütant
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fʊks/
Etymology
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).
Related words
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