fúx

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Danish fuks (poor/underachieving student), from German Fuchs, Fux (new student, fresher), older also Feix, Feits, probably from archaic Feist (fart), from Middle High German vīst; see feist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fúx m (genitive singular fúx, nominative plural fúxar)

  1. underachiever
    • 1958, Árdís[1], number 26, page 25:
      Dúxinn hefur öllu að tapa en fúxinn allt að vinna.
      The overachiever has everything to lose but the underachiever everything to gain.

Declension

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    Declension of fúx
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fúx fúxinn fúxar fúxarnir
accusative fúx fúxinn fúxa fúxana
dative fúx fúxinum fúxum fúxunum
genitive fúx fúxins fúxa fúxanna

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