Fan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shortening of Fanny, itself a short form of Frances.

Proper noun[edit]

Fan

  1. A diminutive of Frances.
    • 1917, Edna Ferber, Fanny Herself (page 173)
      Listen, Fan. That cowardly, sickly little boy you fought for in the street, that day in Winnebago, showed every sign of growing up a cowardly, sickly man.

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English fan, short for fanatic.

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Noun[edit]

Fan m (genitive Fans, plural Fans)

  1. fan, devotee

Declension[edit]

declension of Fan
singular plural
m gender indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Fan die Fans
genitive eines des Fans der Fans
dative einem dem Fan den Fans
accusative einen den Fan die Fans

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