Fex
See also: fex and -fex
German
Etymology
Perhaps shortened from older pseudo-Latin Narrifex (15–17th c.), from Narr (“fool”) + Latin -fex.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛks/
- Rhymes: -ɛks
Noun
Fex m (strong or weak, genitive Fexes or Fexen, plural Fexe or Fexen, feminine Fexin)
- (colloquial, dated, Southern German, Austria) enthusiast, freak
- Synonym: Narr
- 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Finstere Gallerie”, in Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]:
- Mit Hexen-Fexen, mit Gespenst-Gespinsten, / Kielkröpfigen Zwergen steh' ich gleich zu Diensten;
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Declension
Declension of Fex [masculine, strong // weak]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Fex | die | Fexe, Fexen |
genitive | eines | des | Fexes, Fexen | der | Fexe, Fexen |
dative | einem | dem | Fex, Fexe1, Fexen | den | Fexen |
accusative | einen | den | Fex, Fexen | die | Fexe, Fexen |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Derived terms
- Bergfex
Further reading
- “Fex” in Duden online
- “Fex” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache