Fuß
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Central Franconian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Foß (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old High German fuoz, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Noun
[edit]Fuß m
- (southern Moselle Franconian) foot (the lower part of the leg)
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Fuss (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
- Fueß, Fuoß, fuͦß/fůß, Fuͦß/Fůß (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle High German fuoz, from Old High German fuoz, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts (“foot”) (compare West Frisian foet, Dutch voet, Low German Foot, English foot, Danish fod), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Fuß m (strong, genitive Fußes, plural Füße, diminutive Füßchen n or Füßlein n)
- foot (body part)
- footing
- (architecture) pedestal
- (dated) foot (unit of length; always in the singular)
- metrical foot
- (regional) leg
- Synonym: Bein
Declension
[edit]Declension of Fuß [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
[edit]Hyponyms of Fuß (foot, body part)
Hyponyms of Fuß (metrical foot)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Fuß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Fuß” in Duden online
- “Fuß” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Fuß”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- “Fuß” in OpenThesaurus.de
Fuß on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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