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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|gmh|de}} {{m|gmh|fust|fūst}}, {{m|gmh|vust|vūst}}, {{m|gmh|voust}}, from {{etyl|goh|de}} {{m|goh|fust|fūst}}, from West Germanic ''*funsti-'', {{etyl|gem-pro|de}} {{m|gem-pro|*funstiz}}, possibly ultimately derived from {{etyl|ine-pro|de}} {{m|ine-pro|*pénkʷe||five}}. Cognate with Dutch {{m|nl|vuist}}, Low German {{m|nds|Fust}}, {{etyl|ang|-}} {{m|ang|fȳst}} (English {{m|en|fist}}).
From {{etyl|gmh|de}} {{m|gmh|fust|fūst}}, {{m|gmh|vust|vūst}}, {{m|gmh|voust}}, from {{etyl|goh|de}} {{m|goh|fust|fūst}}, from West Germanic ''*funsti-'', {{etyl|gem-pro|de}} {{m|gem-pro|*funstiz}}, possibly ultimately derived from {{etyl|ine-pro|de}} {{m|ine-pro|*pénkʷe||five}}. Cognate with Dutch {{m|nl|vuist}}, Low German {{m|nds|Fust}}, {{cog|ang|fȳst}} (English {{m|en|fist}}).


===Noun===
===Noun===

Revision as of 16:25, 7 July 2016

English

Etymology

After Johann Georg Faust, German magician and alchemist

Proper noun

Faust

  1. A magician and alchemist of German lore who sold his soul to the Devil for knowledge and power.
  2. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada

Derived terms

See also

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Anagrams

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German fūst, vūst, voust, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German fūst, from West Germanic *funsti-, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *funstiz, possibly ultimately derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”). Cognate with Dutch vuist, Low German Fust, Old English fȳst (English fist).

Noun

Faust f (genitive Faust, plural Fäuste, diminutive Fäustchen n)

  1. fist

Declension

Template:de-decl-noun-f

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