Fritz

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Fritz, pet form of Friedrich (“Frederick”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɹɪts/ Rhymes: -ɪts === Noun === Fritz (plural Fritzes) (UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person, usually male. ==== Synonyms ==== Boche jerry Kraut Hun ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Fritz (plural Fritzes) (UK, offensive) A name used to represent the German people (particularly the German armed forces) as a group. A diminutive of the male given name Friedrich. A surname from German. == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁɪt͡s/ === Etymology 1 === Shortened form of Friedrich. Cognate to English Fred. ==== Proper noun ==== Fritz m (proper noun, strong, genitive Fritz' or (older ending) Fritzens, plural Fritze) a diminutive of the male given name Friedrich 1856, Archiv des historischen Vereines von Unterfranken und Aschaffenburg, 14. Band, 1. Heft, page 138: (Can we date this quote?) Otto Behagel, Von deutscher Sprache, page 385: ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Fritzchen ==== See also ==== Hans Hinz Kunz Petz Lutz Max === Etymology 2 === From the proper noun, used as a derogatory term for a German person in translations into German. ==== Noun ==== Fritz m (strong or mixed, genitive Fritz' or (older ending) Fritzens, plural Fritze or Fritzen) (used by non-Germans, derogatory) a Fritz, a German (Can we date this quote?), Alaksandr A. Fadeev, Der junge Garde, German translation, page 135: (Can we date this quote?), Eessaare Aadu, Endel Sőgel, Estnische Novellen, German translation by Aivo Kaidja, Helga Viira and Viktor Sepp, page 372: (Can we date this quote?), Vasily Grossman, Leben und Schicksal, German translation by Efim Etkind and Simon Markish, page 239: (Can we date this quote?), Vasily Grossman, Leben und Schicksal, German translation by Efim Etkind and Simon Markish, page 250: ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Fritzchen ==== See also ==== Ami Tommy Iwan === Further reading === “Fritz” in Duden online