English

Proper noun

Fuchs

1. A surname​.

Derived terms

• fuchsia

German

Etymology

From Old High German fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puk-so-, from Proto-Indo-European *peuk- ‎(“thick-haired”). Cognates include English fox.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʊks/
• Rhymes: -ʊks

Noun

Fuchs m ‎(genitive Fuchses, plural Füchse, diminutive Füchslein n or Füchschen n, feminine Füchsin)

1. fox

Declension

Hyponyms

• Füchsin ‎(“female fox, vixen”)
• Fuchsjunges ‎(“fox pup”)
• Fuchsmännchen ‎(“male fox”)
• Fuchsrüde ‎(“male fox”)
• Fuchsweibchen ‎(“female fox”)
• Fuchswelpe ‎(“fox pup”)
• Fuchswelpin ‎(“female fox pup”)
• Rüde ‎(“male (fox)”)

Derived terms

• Fuchsammer ‎(“fox sparrow”), Passerella iliaca
• Fuchsart ‎(“fox species”)
• fuchsartig ‎(“vulpine”)
• Fuchsauge ‎(“true lover's knot, herb Paris”), Paris quadrifolia
• Fuchsbandwurm ‎(“fox tapeworm”), Echinococcus multilocularis
• Fuchsbau ‎(“fox's den”)
• fuchsig
• fuchsrot
• Fuchsschwanz ‎(“fox's brush”)
• Fuchsstute ‎(“chestnut mare”)

Related terms

• ausgefuchst (ausgefuchster, am ausgefuchstesten)
• fussig
• fuchsteufelswild
• fuchsteufelswild werden ‎(“to go apeshit”)

Proper noun

Fuchs ? ‎(genitive Fuchs)

1. A common surname​ originating as a nickname.
2. A German Jewish surname​.