Faxe

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See also: faxe and faxé

English

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Proper noun

Faxe

  1. A town and municipality of the Region of Zealand, Denmark

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaksə/
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Etymology 1

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

Faxe f (genitive Faxe, plural Faxen)

  1. (colloquial, often in the plural) shenanigan, nonsense
    Faxen machen ― to fool around, goof off
Declension
Declension of Faxe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Faxe die Faxen
genitive einer der Faxe der Faxen
dative einer der Faxe den Faxen
accusative eine die Faxe die Faxen
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Faxe

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Fax

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