backfisch

English

/ˈbækfɪʃ/

noun

Definitions

A teenage or late-adolescent girl.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Backfisch (teenage girl, literally fish for baking, fried fish).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Backfisch

Gloss

teenage girl, literally fish for baking, fried fish

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Cognates and derived terms

Backfisch German
Backfischroman German
Fisch German
backen German
bakfis Hungarian
bakvis Dutch, Flemish
backfisch Swedish