fixen

English

Noun

fixen (plural fixens)

  1. Obsolete form of vixen.
    • 1605, Richard Verstegen, A restitution of decayed intelligence. ... 1605:
      fixen, This is the name of a ſhee-fox, otherwiſe & more anciently foxin. It is in reproche applyed to a woman whoſe nature and condition is thereby compared to the ſhee-fox.

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

fixen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of fixar

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

fixen

  1. to inject drugs
  2. (sports) to fix a game through bribery or manipulation

Usage notes

Not to be confused with fiksen (to fix) and fixeren (to fixate).

Inflection

Conjugation of fixen (weak)
infinitive fixen
past singular fixte
past participle gefixt
infinitive fixen
gerund fixen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular fixfixte
2nd person sing. (jij) fixtfixte
2nd person sing. (u) fixtfixte
2nd person sing. (gij) fixtfixte
3rd person singular fixtfixte
plural fixenfixten
subjunctive sing.1 fixefixte
subjunctive plur.1 fixenfixten
imperative sing. fix
imperative plur.1 fixt
participles fixendgefixt
1) Archaic.

Galician

Verb

fixen

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of facer

German

Etymology

The verb is borrowed from English fix + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɪksn̩], [ˈfɪksən]
  • (file)

Verb

fixen (weak, third-person singular present fixt, past tense fixte, past participle gefixt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (informal, transitive) to fix, repair
  2. (slang) to shoot (drugs)
    Synonym: drücken
    • 1978, Horst Rieck, Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.], →ISBN:
      Wenn man anfängt zu fixen, dauert es doch ziemlich lange, bis man physisch total abhängig vom Heroin ist, wenn man nicht jeden Tag drückt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Adjective

fixen

  1. inflection of fix:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

  • fixen” in Duden online
  • fixen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English fyxe, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī. Equivalent to fox + -en (feminine suffix).

Noun

fixen

  1. a vixen (female fox)

Descendants

  • English: vixen

References

Swedish

Noun

fixen

  1. definite singular of fix

Anagrams

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