vuhs

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvʊxs̠/, /ˈfʊxs̠/

Noun

vuhs m

  1. fox

Declension

Declension of vuhs (strong masculine with umlaut)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein dër vuhs die vühse
genitive eines dës vuhses dër vühse
dative eime dëm vuhse dën vühsen
accusative einen dën vuhs die vühse

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: Fuchs, Fugs
    Walser: fuks, fuksch, fòcks, vucks
  • Bavarian: Fuchs
    Cimbrian: vuks, buks
    Mòcheno:
  • Central Franconian: Fuss, Fuhs, (southern) Fuchs
    Hunsrik: Fuchs
    Luxembourgish: Fuuss
  • East Central German:
    Vilamovian: füks
  • East Franconian:
  • German: Fuchs
  • Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Fux
  • Swabian: Fuchs
  • Yiddish: פֿוקס (fuks)
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