Faust

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

• Faustian

See also

• fausty

Anagrams

• futas, stufa, tufas

German

Eine Faust

Etymology

From Middle High German fūst, vūst, voust, from Old High German fūst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faʊ̯st/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

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

1. fist

   auf eigene Faust

   on one's own

Declension

Declension of Faust [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Faust	die	Fäuste
genitive	einer	der	Faust	der	Fäuste
dative	einer	der	Faust	den	Fäusten
accusative	eine	die	Faust	die	Fäuste

Derived terms

• Panzerfaust
• Faustschlag
• Faustrecht

Further reading

• “Faust” in Duden online
• “Faust” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Faust”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Faust” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Faust on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German fūst, vūst, voust, from Old High German fūst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaʊ̯ʃt/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯ʃt
• Syllabification: Faust

Noun

Faust f (plural Feist, diminutive Feistche)

1. fist

   Willst du meine Faust in deinem Gesicht?

   Do you want my fist in your face?

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Faust”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch