feeks

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch feeks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪə̯ks/

Noun

feeks (plural feekse)

1. (derogatory) shrew, bitch (malicious or bad-tempered woman)

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) feex

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Rhine Franconian Fēks (“cunning, immoral woman”) and then reconstructed as Proto-Germanic *faihiso (“deceitful woman”), from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“hostile”). Cognate with West Frisian fekke, fikke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːks/

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• Hyphenation: feeks
• Rhymes: -eːks

Noun

feeks f (plural feeksen, diminutive feeksje n)

1. (derogatory) shrew, bitch (malicious or bad-tempered woman)

   Synonyms: heks c, tang c, wijf n, helleveeg c, megera c, karonje c or n

Related terms

• helleveeg c (“hag”)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: feeks

Further reading

• “feeks” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
• Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “feeks”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001