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German
Etymology
Berg (“mountain”) + Fex (“enthusiast”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Bergfex m (strong or weak, genitive Bergfexes or Bergfexen, plural Bergfexe or Bergfexen, feminine Bergfexin)
- (colloquial, dated, Southern Germany, Austria) passionate hiker or alpinist
- Hypernym: Bergsteiger
1918, Jakob Christoph Heer, Ferien an der Adria, Frauenfeld und Leipzig: Huber & Co., page 36:Es war bereits Nachmittag, als ich von Görz her an den Fuß des Berges gelangte. Nur der Vorsatz, das Isonzodefile zu sehen, hatte mich hieher geleitet; aber nun wurde der Bergfex in mir lebendig, und das hat mich nicht gereut.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading
- “Bergfex” in Duden online
- “Bergfex” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache