Fixer

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German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English fixer or from fixen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪksɐ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

Fixer m (strong, genitive Fixers, plural Fixer, feminine Fixerin)

  1. (slang) junkie (drug user, especially of heroin)
    Synonym: Junkie
    • 1978, Horst Rieck, Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.], →ISBN:
      Die Fixer sahen auf uns Hascher und Pillenschlucker mit einer ungeheuren Verachtung herab.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (finance) one who is engaged in short selling

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Further reading[edit]

  • Fixer” in Duden online
  • Fixer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache