Faust
English
Etymology
After Johann Georg Faust, German magician and alchemist
Proper noun
Faust
- A magician and alchemist of German lore who sold his soul to the Devil for knowledge and power.
- A hamlet in Alberta, Canada
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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 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)
- a fist
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