fixen
English
Noun
fixen (plural fixens)
- Obsolete form of vixen.
- 1605, Richard Verstegen, A restitution of decayed intelligence. ... 1605[1]:
- fixen, This is the name of a ſhee-fox, otherwiſe & more anciently foxin. It is in reproche applyed to a woman whoſe nature and condition is thereby compared to the ſhee-fox.
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
fixen
- third-person plural present indicative of fixar
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Verb
fixen
- to inject drugs
- (sports) to fix a game through bribery or manipulation
Usage notes
Not to be confused with fiksen (to fix) and fixeren (to fixate).
Conjugation
| Conjugation of fixen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fixen | |||
| past singular | fixte | |||
| past participle | gefixt | |||
| infinitive | fixen | |||
| gerund | fixen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | fix | fixte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | fixt, fix2 | fixte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | fixt | fixte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | fixt | fixte | ||
| 3rd person singular | fixt | fixte | ||
| plural | fixen | fixten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | fixe | fixte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | fixen | fixten | ||
| imperative sing. | fix | |||
| imperative plur.1 | fixt | |||
| participles | fixend | gefixt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Galician
Verb
fixen
- first-person singular preterite indicative of facer
German
Etymology
The verb is borrowed from English fix + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɪksn̩], [ˈfɪksən]
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Verb
fixen (weak, third-person singular present fixt, past tense fixte, past participle gefixt, auxiliary haben)
- (informal, transitive) to fix, repair
- (slang) to shoot (drugs)
- Synonym: drücken
- 1978, Horst Rieck, Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.], →ISBN:
- Wenn man anfängt zu fixen, dauert es doch ziemlich lange, bis man physisch total abhängig vom Heroin ist, wenn man nicht jeden Tag drückt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of fixen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | fixen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | fixend | ||||
| past participle | gefixt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich fixe | wir fixen | i | ich fixe | wir fixen |
| du fixt | ihr fixt | du fixest | ihr fixet | ||
| er fixt | sie fixen | er fixe | sie fixen | ||
| preterite | ich fixte | wir fixten | ii | ich fixte1 | wir fixten1 |
| du fixtest | ihr fixtet | du fixtest1 | ihr fixtet1 | ||
| er fixte | sie fixten | er fixte1 | sie fixten1 | ||
| imperative | fix (du) fixe (du) |
fixt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of fixen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Related terms
Adjective
fixen
- inflection of fix:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
Further reading
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English fyxe, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī. The -en suffix suggests that the feminine suffix was later added, or that the word actually comes from Old English *fyxen (akin to German Füchsin). In either case, equivalent to fox + -en (feminine suffix).
Noun
fixen
- a vixen (female fox)
Descendants
- English: vixen
References
- “fixen, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018.
Swedish
Noun
fixen
- definite singular of fix