Fuchs

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Fuchs.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Fuchs

  1. A surname from German

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Fuchs is the 2,784th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12,958 individuals. Fuchs is most common among White (95.03%) individuals.

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”). Cognate with German Fuchs, Dutch vos, English fox, also Sanskrit पुच्छ (puccha, “tail”), Tocharian B päkā (“tail, chowry”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Fuchs m (plural Füchs, diminutive Füchsli)

  1. fox

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʊks/
  • audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊks

Etymology 1

From Old High German fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), from *puḱ- (“tail”). Cognate with English fox, Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha).

Noun

Fuchs m (genitive Fuchses, plural Füchse, diminutive Füchslein n or Füchschen n, female Füchsin)

  1. fox (animal)
    Fuchs, du hast die Gans gestohlen. Gib sie wieder her!
    Fox, you stole the goose. Bring it back again!
    (line from a popular children’s song)
  2. (informal) a clever or cunning person
    Er ist ein ganz schöner Fuchs.
    He is a really handsome fox.
  3. (informal) a red-haired person
    Unser Paul ist ja ein kleiner Fuchs.
    Our Paul is a little redhead.
  4. (card games) In Doppelkopf, the ace of diamonds, which earns a side of players an extra point if they win it from the other side
    Ich hatte nur vier Trümpfe und darunter beide Füchse.
    I had only four trumps and among them were both aces of diamonds.
Declension

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Coordinate terms

(canids) Hund; Kojote, Hund, Fuchs, Schakal, Wolf (Category: de:Canids)

Hyponyms
Derived terms

Proper noun

Fuchs m or f (genitive Fuchs' or Fuchsens)

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  2. a German Jewish surname

Etymology 2

Probably from an alteration of archaic Feist (“fart”). Compare the older variants Feix, Feits.

Alternative forms

Noun

Fuchs m (genitive Fuchses, plural Füchse)

  2. a member of a student fraternity in his first year
    • 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan‎[1], Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 31:
      Ein Drama entstand, wenn ein junger Fuchs sich den Scherz machte, ihm das Bierglas wegzunehmen. Delitzsch rührte kein Glied, aber seine Miene, die dem geraubten Glase überall hin folgte, enthielt plötzlich den ganzen, stürmisch bewegten Ernst des Daseins, und er rief in sächsischem Schreitenor: […]
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  3. (by extension) beginner; fresher
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Danish: fuks
  • → Norwegian: fuks
  • → Swedish: fux

Further reading

  • “Fuchs” in Duden online
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