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

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German fūst, vūst, voust, from Old High German fūst, from West Germanic *funsti-, Proto-Germanic *funstiz, possibly ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”). Cognate with Dutch vuist, Low German Fust, English fist.

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Noun

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

  1. fist

Declension

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