Fuß

• Foß (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian)

Inherited from Old High German fuoz, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Fuß m

1. (southern Moselle Franconian) foot (the lower part of the leg)

• Fuss (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
• Fueß, Fuoß, fuͦß/fůß, Fuͦß/Fůß (obsolete)

Inherited from Middle High German fuoz, from Old High German fuoz, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts (“foot”) (compare West Frisian foet, Dutch voet, Low German Foot, English foot, Danish fod), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

• IPA^(key): /fuːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

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Fuß m (strong, genitive Fußes, plural Füße, diminutive Füßchen n or Füßlein n)

1. foot (body part)
2. footing
3. (architecture) pedestal

   Synonyms: Standfuß, Sockel

4. (dated) foot (unit of length; always in the singular)
5. metrical foot

   Synonyms: Versfuß, Versglied

6. (regional) leg

   Synonym: Bein

• “Fuß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fuß” in Duden online
• “Fuß” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Fuß”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• “Fuß” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Fuß on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de