Fuchs

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine, strong) fox (animal)
2. (informal, masculine, strong) a clever or cunning person, sly fox
3. (informal, masculine, strong) a red-haired person or horse
4. (masculine, strong) pledge (prospective member of a fraternity)
5. (masculine, slang, strong) a new recruit
6. (masculine, strong) the ace of diamonds in Doppelkopf, where it earns a side of players an extra point if they win it from the other side
7. (masculine, strong) a tank Transportpanzer Fuchs
8. (archaic, masculine, strong) a form of sunscald on hops
9. (masculine, strong) a fox in radiosport foxhunt
10. (masculine, obsolete, strong) any gold coin
11. (masculine, strong) tortoiseshell

Name

1. (feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname) a common surname transferred from the nickname
2. (feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname) a German Jewish surname

Concepts

fox

🦊

Vulpecula

Fox

🦊

chestnut

🌰

red fox

freshman

foxes

wily

light brown

European red fox

TPz Fuchs

alopex

urocyon

vulpes

smoke flue

sly old fox

arctic fox

cunning

fresher

frosh

sorrel

vixen

Synonyms

Rotfuchs

Füchsin

Meister Reineke

Dirne

Füchse

Fuchsschwanz

Grünschnabel

Kadett

Küken

Lore

Milchbart

Neuling

Novize

Rausch

Spund

blutiger Anfänger

Frischling

Polarfuchs

rotbraun

Newcomer

Erstsemester

Silberfuchs

Greenhorn

Unerfahrener

Vulpes

Einsteiger

🔰

Reineke Fuchs

Springinsfeld

Fuchsfell

Alopex

Urocyon

Fünfzig

Youngster

Andenfuchs

Jungspund

Fähe

Meister Reinecke

Newbie

junger Spund

Nullanfänger

Jungfuchs

Rookie

unbeschriebenes Blatt

Neueinsteiger

junger Hüpfer

junger Spritzer

noch nicht lange dabei

junger Dachs

Rotarsch

frisch von der Uni

Translations

zorro

🦊

renard

🦊

volpe

🦊

vos

🦊

raposa

🦊

tilki

🦊

αλεπού

vulpes

🦊

guineu

🦊

zorra

ثعلب

🦊

goupil

🦊

guilla

🦊

raposa

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

fuggs

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʊks/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: vuhs

Inherited from Old High German: fuhs

Cognate with English: fox

Cognate with Sanskrit: पुच्छ

In summary

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).