Fant

See also: fant

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Fant

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• TANF

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fante (“lad, chum”). Doublet of Infant.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Fant m (strong, genitive Fantes or Fants, plural Fante)

1. an inexperienced person acting as experienced
2. a dandy, an irrelevant person of pompous and vain apparence

   Synonym: Pinkel

Declension

Declension of Fant [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fant	die	Fante
genitive	eines	des	Fantes, Fants	der	Fante
dative	einem	dem	Fant, Fante1	den	Fanten
accusative	einen	den	Fant	die	Fante

¹Now rare, see notes.

References

• “Fant” in Duden online
• Wolfgang Pfeifer: Etymologisches Wörterbuch