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 13^th CE) /ˈvuxs̠/, /ˈfuxs̠/

Noun

vuhs m

1. fox

Declension

Declension of vuhs (masculine, class 2 strong)

	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)