Fatzke

German

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Polish Wacku, the vocative form of Wacek, which is the diminutive form of the given name Wacław, itself from Czech Václav, from Old Czech Venceslav, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslàvъ. Doublet of Wenzel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfat͡skə/
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  • Hyphenation: Fatz‧ke

Noun

Fatzke m (strong or weak, genitive Fatzkes or Fatzken, plural Fatzkes or Fatzken)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) beau, dandy, fop, peacock, pompous twit (arrogant, vain man)
    Synonyms: Dandy, Geck, (chiefly Austria, fashionable in the 1880s) Gigerl, (colloquial) Lackaffe, (colloquial, derogatory) Laffe, (youth slang) Poser, Stutzer, Zierbengel
    • 1905, Heinrich Mann, Professor Unrat oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen‎, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 219:
      Die Künstlerin Fröhlich verhielt sich erschreckt und reumütig. Sie habe sich ganz gewiß nichts dabei gedacht. Jetzt habe es aber auch geschnappt, und die beiden Fatzken könnten allein zu den Wilden.
      The artist Fröhlich acted startled and remorseful. She had certainly thought nothing of it. But now it had also snapped, and the two arrogant men could go alone to the savages.

Declension
Declension of Fatzke [masculine, strong // weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Fatzke die Fatzkes, Fatzken
genitive eines des Fatzkes, Fatzken der Fatzkes, Fatzken
dative einem dem Fatzke, Fatzken den Fatzkes, Fatzken
accusative einen den Fatzke, Fatzken die Fatzkes, Fatzken

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