Feh

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vēch (spotted, mottled fur), from the adjective vēch, vēhe, (“multicoloured”, whence obsolete German fech, feh), from Old High German fēh, from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz. Cognate with Scots faw.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /feː/
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Feh n (strong, genitive Fehs, plural Fehe)

  1. (clothing) squirrel fur; vair
  2. (clothing, zoology) a squirrel from which such fur can be produced, especially the Siberian subspecies of the red squirrel
  3. (zoology, obsolete) ermine
  4. (heraldry) vair

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Feh” in Duden online