Fuge

See also: fuge, füge, fugę, and fùgē

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuɡe/, [ˈfuɡe̞]
• Rhymes: -uɡe
• Syllabification^(key): Fu‧ge
• Hyphenation^(key): Fu‧ge

Proper noun

Fuge

1. (slang) Fuengirola (town in Andalusia, Spain)

Declension

Inflection of Fuge (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Fuge	—
genitive		Fugen	—
partitive		Fugea	—
illative		Fugeen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Fuge	—
accusative	nom.	Fuge	—
	gen.	Fugen
genitive		Fugen	—
partitive		Fugea	—
inessive		Fugessa	—
elative		Fugesta	—
illative		Fugeen	—
adessive		Fugella	—
ablative		Fugelta	—
allative		Fugelle	—
essive		Fugena	—
translative		Fugeksi	—
abessive		Fugetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Fuge (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Fugeni — accusative nom. Fugeni — gen. Fugeni genitive Fugeni — partitive Fugeani — inessive Fugessani — elative Fugestani — illative Fugeeni — adessive Fugellani — ablative Fugeltani — allative Fugelleni — essive Fugenani — translative Fugekseni — abessive Fugettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Fugesi — accusative nom. Fugesi — gen. Fugesi genitive Fugesi — partitive Fugeasi — inessive Fugessasi — elative Fugestasi — illative Fugeesi — adessive Fugellasi — ablative Fugeltasi — allative Fugellesi — essive Fugenasi — translative Fugeksesi — abessive Fugettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Fugemme — accusative nom. Fugemme — gen. Fugemme genitive Fugemme — partitive Fugeamme — inessive Fugessamme — elative Fugestamme — illative Fugeemme — adessive Fugellamme — ablative Fugeltamme — allative Fugellemme — essive Fugenamme — translative Fugeksemme — abessive Fugettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Fugenne — accusative nom. Fugenne — gen. Fugenne genitive Fugenne — partitive Fugeanne — inessive Fugessanne — elative Fugestanne — illative Fugeenne — adessive Fugellanne — ablative Fugeltanne — allative Fugellenne — essive Fugenanne — translative Fugeksenne — abessive Fugettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Fugensa — accusative nom. Fugensa — gen. Fugensa genitive Fugensa — partitive Fugeaan Fugeansa — inessive Fugessaan Fugessansa — elative Fugestaan Fugestansa — illative Fugeensa — adessive Fugellaan Fugellansa — ablative Fugeltaan Fugeltansa — allative Fugelleen Fugellensa — essive Fugenaan Fugenansa — translative Fugekseen Fugeksensa — abessive Fugettaan Fugettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfuːɡə]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Fu‧ge

Etymology 1

From fügen.

Noun

Fuge f (genitive Fuge, plural Fugen)

1. joint (of bricks/tiles)
   • a. 1766, Christoph Martin Wieland, transl., Hamlet‎^[1], translation of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, [Act I, scene i]:

     Wir wollen gehen, aber immer eure Finger auf dem Mund, ich bitte euch: Die Zeit ist aus ihren Fugen gekommen; o! unseliger Zufall! daß ich gebohren werden mußte, sie wieder zurecht zu sezen!

     And still your fingers on your lippes I pray, / The time is out of ioynt: Oh cursed spight, / That euer I was borne to set it right.

Declension

Declension of Fuge [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Fuge	die	Fugen
genitive	einer	der	Fuge	der	Fugen
dative	einer	der	Fuge	den	Fugen
accusative	eine	die	Fuge	die	Fugen

Derived terms

• Fugen-s

Related terms

• Fugenelement
• Fugenglied
• Fugenzeichen
• Kompositionsfuge

Descendants

• → Hungarian: fuga
• → Polish: fuga (Etymology 1)

Etymology 2

From Italian fuga, itself borrowed from Latin fuga.

Noun

Fuge f (genitive Fuge, plural Fugen)

2. (music) fugue

   Die Kunst der Fuge ― The Art of Fugue (musical work by Johann Sebastian Bach)

Declension

Declension of Fuge [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Fuge	die	Fugen
genitive	einer	der	Fuge	der	Fugen
dative	einer	der	Fuge	den	Fugen
accusative	eine	die	Fuge	die	Fugen

Related terms

• (music): Doppelfuge, Tripelfuge, Orgelfuge

Descendants

• → Czech: fuga
• → Russian: фуга (fuga)
  • → Kazakh: фуга (fuga)

Further reading

• “Fuge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Fuge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fuge (Musikstück)” in Duden online
• “Fuge (Lücke, Schlitz)” in Duden online