German

Noun

Filz m ‎(genitive Filzes, plural Filze)

1. felt
2. sleaze (corruption)
3. miser

Declension

Related terms

• Filzlaus
• filzig
• Filzstift
• filzen
• Filzer
• verfilzen

Descendants

• Serbo-Croatian fȉlc

Luxembourgish

Noun

Filz m ‎(uncountable)

1. felt

German

Verb

filz

1. Imperative singular of filzen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of filzen.

Middle French

Etymology

Old French fils and its variants, from Latin filius

Noun

filz m (plural filz)

1. son (male child)
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     Et le doubte que troubloit son entendement estoit assavoir s'il devoit plorer pour le deuil de sa femme, ou rire pour la joye de son filz.

     And the problem that bothered him was to know whether he should cry for the death of his wife, or laugh for the birth of his son.

Descendants

• French: fils

Old French

Alternative forms

• fils
• fis
• fiz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiʎt͡s/

Noun

filz m ‎(oblique plural filz, nominative singular filz, nominative plural filz)

1. son (male child)