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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]fixen (plural fixens)
- Obsolete form of vixen.
- 1605, Richard Verstegen, A restitution of decayed intelligence. ... 1605[1]:
- 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.
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Verb
[edit]fixen
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]fixen
- to inject drugs
- (sports) to fix a game through bribery or manipulation
Usage notes
[edit]Not to be confused with fiksen (to fix) and fixeren (to fixate).
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of fixen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | fixen | |||
past singular | fixte | |||
past participle | gefixt | |||
infinitive | fixen | |||
gerund | fixen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | fix | fixte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | fixt, fix2 | fixte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | fixt | fixte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | fixt | fixte | ||
3rd person singular | fixt | fixte | ||
plural | fixen | fixten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | fixe | fixte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | fixen | fixten | ||
imperative sing. | fix | |||
imperative plur.1 | fixt | |||
participles | fixend | gefixt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]fixen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The verb is borrowed from English fix + -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fixen (weak, third-person singular present fixt, past tense fixte, past participle gefixt, auxiliary haben)
- (informal, transitive) to fix, repair
- (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
[edit]infinitive | fixen | ||||
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present participle | fixend | ||||
past participle | gefixt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fixe | wir fixen | i | ich fixe | wir fixen |
du fixt | ihr fixt | du fixest | ihr fixet | ||
er fixt | sie fixen | er fixe | sie fixen | ||
preterite | ich fixte | wir fixten | ii | ich fixte1 | wir fixten1 |
du fixtest | ihr fixtet | du fixtest1 | ihr fixtet1 | ||
er fixte | sie fixten | er fixte1 | sie fixten1 | ||
imperative | fix (du) fixe (du) |
fixt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fixen
- inflection of fix:
Further reading
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English fyxe, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī. Equivalent to fox + -en (feminine suffix).
Noun
[edit]fixen
- a vixen (female fox)
Descendants
[edit]- English: vixen
References
[edit]- “fixen, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018.
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]fixen
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