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====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
* [[Faustian]]
* {{l|en|Faustian}}


===See also===
===See also===
{{wikipedia}}
{{wikipedia}}
{{wikisource}}
{{wikisource}}
* [[fausty]]
* {{l|en|fausty}}


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* [[tufas#English|tufas]]
* {{l|en|tufas}}


[[Category:English eponyms]]
[[Category:English eponyms]]

Revision as of 14:54, 26 April 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

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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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, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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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