fúx – Icelandic noun declension

Noun: fúx

Gender: m
Declension:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.	fúx
Sg. Def.	fúxinn
Pl. Indef.	fúxar
Pl. Def.	fúxarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.	fúx
Sg. Def.	fúxins
Pl. Indef.	fúxa
Pl. Def.	fúxanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.	fúx
Sg. Def.	fúxinum
Pl. Indef.	fúxum
Pl. Def.	fúxunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.	fúx
Sg. Def.	fúxinn
Pl. Indef.	fúxa
Pl. Def.	fúxana

Sample Sentences

Dúxinn hefur öllu að tapa en fúxinn allt að vinna. (The overachiever has everything to lose but the underachiever everything to gain.) [1958, Árdís, number 26, page 25:]

Nouns inflected like fúx

dúx, fúx, séns,

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish fuks (“poor/underachieving student”), from German Fuchs, Fux (“new student, fresher”), older also Feix, Feits, probably from archaic Feist (“fart”), from Middle High German vīst; see feist. See: Danish Nouns 'fuks', German Nouns 'Fuchs'.