Fuß

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Meaning

  1. (masculine,strong) foot (body part)
  2. (masculine,strong) footing
  3. (masculine,strong) pedestal
  4. (dated,masculine,strong) foot (unit of length; always in the singular)
  5. (masculine,strong) metrical foot
  6. (masculine,regional,strong) leg

Frequency

B1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fuːs/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German fuoz, from Old High German fuoz, 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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