Faxe
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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Faxe
- A town and municipality of the Region of Zealand, Denmark
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From a shortening of dialectal Fickesfackes (“nonsense, silly jokes”), from fickfacken (“to push back and forth, fuck around”), a reduplication of ficken (“to fuck”). Alternatively a derivative of obsolete fatzen (“to fool, make a fool of, mock”), from Middle High German fatzen (“to fool”).
Noun[edit]
Faxe f (genitive Faxe, plural Faxen)
- (colloquial, often in the plural) shenanigan, nonsense
- Faxen machen ― to fool around, goof off
Declension[edit]
Declension of Faxe [feminine]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
Faxe
Further reading[edit]
- “Faxe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Faxe (Faktotum)” in Duden online
- “Faxe (Grimasse, Unfug)” in Duden online
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