Fuchs
German (Berlin)
/fʊks/
noun
Definitions
- fox animal
- (informal) a clever or cunning person
- (informal) a red-haired person
- (card games) In Doppelkopf (Doppelkopf), the ace of diamonds, which earns a side of players an extra point if they win it from the other side
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vuhs inherited from Old High German fuhs inherited from *fuhs inherited from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (fox) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (the tailed one).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*púḱsos
Gloss
the tailed one
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Foxtrap English
- antifox English
- fox English
- fox cub English
- fox's foot English
- foxberry English
- foxcore English
- foxery English
- foxface English
- foxfire English
- foxfish English
- foxglove English
- foxhole English
- foxhood English
- foxhound English
- foxhunt English
- foxhunter English
- foxie English
- foxish English
- foxless English
- foxlike English
- foxling English
- foxly English
- foxproof English
- foxship English
- foxshit English
- foxskin English
- foxtail English
- foxtrot English
- foxy English
- fuchsine English
- outfox English
- vixen English
- werefox English
- fuksi Finnish
- fuksiaiset Finnish
- Bau German
- Beere German
- Bengal German
- Bengalfuchs German
- Fuchsbau German
- Fuchsbeere German
- Fuchsjagd German
- Fuchsschwalbe German
- Fuchsschwanz German
- Fuchswelpe German
- Füchsin German
- Jagd German
- Motorfuchsschwanz German
- Polarfuchs German
- Rotfuchs German
- Schwalbe German
- Schwanz German
- Steppe German
- Steppenfuchs German
- Teufel German
- Tibet German
- Tibetfuchs German
- Welpe German
- Wüste German
- Wüstenfuchs German
- einfuchsen German
- fuchsen German
- fuchsig German
- fuchsteufelswild German
- polar German
- rot German
- wild German
- fuchsine French
- *púḱsos Proto-Indo-European
- *fuhsaz Proto-Germanic
- フォックス Japanese
- fox Old English
- पुच्छ Sanskrit
- fox Middle English
- fuks Danish
- fúx Icelandic
- fuhs Old High German
- foxo Ido
- vuhs Middle High German
- vühsinne Middle High German
- vīst Middle High German
- Fuuss Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *fuhs gmw-pro
- fus Old Dutch
- buks Cimbrian
- vuks Cimbrian
- *púsćas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- fohs Old Saxon
- Fuchs Alemannic German
- Fugs Alemannic German
- fuks Alemannic German
- fuksch Alemannic German
- fòcks Alemannic German
- vucks Alemannic German
- *púśćas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *foks Old Frisian
- 𑀧𑀼𑀁𑀙 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙 Sauraseni Prakrit
- vucks Mòcheno
- pōkiha Maori
- pēč inc-kho