Fritz

fritz Fritz' English Etymology en de Fritz, pet form of de Friedrich Frederick. Pronunciation en /fɹɪts/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Fritz.wav Southern England en ɪts 1 Noun en UK offensive ethnic slur A German person, usually male. en 1918 Over the Seas for Uncle Sam Elaine Sterne https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/41324/pg41324-images.html Someone sent up a shout and word came that oil had begun to show on the water—that meant one less submarine afloat! Again the roar of guns—again the shout! Two Fritzes sunk. . . ! Synonyms en Boche en jerry en Kraut en Hun Derived terms en Fritzie Translations derogatory: a German person Belarusian: be фрыц m, be ганс m, be шваб m Bulgarian: bg шва́ба m Czech: cs skopčák m, cs Němčour m Danish: da pølsetysker c Dutch: nl mof m f Esperanto: eo germanaĉo French: fr Boche m, fr chleuh m, fr fritz m, fr fridolin m German: de Boche m, de Kraut m, de Krautfresser m, de Krautfresserin f, de Scheißdeutscher m, de Scheißdeutsche f Italian: it crucco m, it crucca f, it mangiapatate m f Macedonian: mk шваба f Neapolitan: nap fritsch Polish: pl szwab m, pl fryc m, pl szkop m, pl helmut m Portuguese: pt chucrute m f Russian: ru фриц m, ru ганс m, ru немчура́ m f also collective, ru шваб m Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh Švaba m Ukrainian: uk фриц m, uk ганс m, uk шваб m Proper noun + thumb|An artillery shell with the message "For Fritz", September 1916 en UK offensive A name used to represent the German people (particularly the German armed forces) as a group. en But if Fritz is stationed in that patch of woodland, we've got no chance! en You! Fritz! Tell us where the ammunition's kept! en 1923 w:Charles Francis Horne Frank Fox (author) Frank Fox The Great Events of the Great War 5 The Man-Made Earthquake https://books.google.com/books?id=NEkyAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA214 Now, in this matter of the Mine of Messines, the Herr Geology Professors on the German side knew quite well that you could not mine to any extent around Messines. The water-logged strata would not allow of it,so Fritz could sleep easily in his trench, so far as mines were concerned; and Fritz, confident in his Herr Professors, altogether neglected any attempt to counter-mine. en 1952 Stalingrad Vasily Grossman Robert Chandler; Yury Bit-Yunan 227 'Fritz is pounding away at the crossing,' he said. 'We'd do better to wait till things quieten down.' en male Friedrich. en 1892 Evelyn Raymond VII Mixed Pickles New York, N.Y. Thomas Y. Crowell Co.46 East Fourteenth Street. 81 https://archive.org/details/mixedpickles00raym/page/81/mode/1up 41202568 Uncle Fritz “talked eyes” when he was the most deeply aggrieved; and little Fritz found it most unpleasant to have an American relative addicted to the same bad habit. She came into the room just then and there, and, seeing the two Fritzes in such confidential discussion, would have speedily withdrawn, had not the gentleman risen and begged her to remain. en 1943 Madeleine Goss; w:Robert Haven Schauffler Black Forest Magic Brahms: The Master New York, N.Y. w:Henry Holt and Company 205 https://archive.org/details/brahmsmaster0000made/page/205/mode/1up 385574 “Has she any children?” asked the practical Johannes. / “Just one—a nice boy, too. Thirteen. Fritz is his name.” Jakob chuckled. “Just the same as your brother. That’s a good one—there’ll be two Fritzes in one family!” en German. en Jordan Valinsky Ticket prices for the all-American men’s matchup at the US Open are surging w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/business/us-open-fritz-tiafoe-ticket-prices 2024-09-06 The highly anticipated all-American matchup between Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe — marking the first US Open semifinals between two US men in nearly 20 years — will cost you quite a few Honey Deuces to attend. https://web.archive.org/web/20250523172220/https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/business/us-open-fritz-tiafoe-ticket-prices German Pronunciation de /fʁɪt͡s/ de De-Fritz.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Etymology 1 Shortened form of de Friedrich. Cognate to en Fred. Proper noun m,':ens[older ending],e chen,lein,i,erl,l de male Friedrich 1856, Archiv des historischen Vereines von Unterfranken und Aschaffenburg, 14. Band, 1. Heft, page 138: de Wohl möglich wäre, daß zwei Fritze unterschieden werden müssen, Vater und Sohn, etwa Fritz I. 1400-1428 und Fritz II c. 1444. It is quite possible that two Fritzes had to be distinguished, father and son, perhaps Fritz 1 (1400-1428) and Fritz 2 (c. 1444). de 2008 Julia Schroda Nationaler Anspruch und regionale Identität im Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen im Spiegel des französisch-sprachigen Elsaßromans (1871-1914), Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der Philogischen Fakultät der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br. 978-3-03911-460-3 287 Louise ist auf dem dünnen Eis eingebrochen, heroisch eilt der junge Offizier zu ihrer Rettung. Der Erzähler gesteht den deutschen Soldaten, die schnell Louisens und Fritzens Rettung organisieren, Entschlossenheit und Tatkraft zu. de Otto Behagel, Von deutscher Sprache, page 385: de Eine besonders fruchtbare Tätigkeit haben zwei Fritze entfaltet: Fritz Diehm und Fritz Römhild, der sich als Schriftsteller Fritz Romeo nennt. Declension m,':ens[older ending],e Derived terms de Fritzchen See also de Hans de Hinz de Kunz de Petz de Lutz de Max Etymology 2 From the proper noun, used as a derogatory term for a German person in translations into German. Noun m,':ens[older ending],e:en de used by non-Germans derogatory a Fritz, a German de, Alaksandr A. Fadeev, Der junge Garde, German translation, page 135: de Nadja wußte, daß Serjoshka die Wahrheit sprach; er hatte zwei Fritze erschossen und würde noch mehr erschießen. „Sie werden dich erschießen", befürchtete sie. Nadia knew that Serioshka was telling the truth; he had shot two Fritzes and would shoot still more. "They'll shoot you", she feared. de, Eessaare Aadu, Endel Sőgel, Estnische Novellen, German translation by Aivo Kaidja, Helga Viira and Viktor Sepp, page 372: de Ein Güterzug der Deutschen war entgleist, irgendwo im Wald waren zwei Fritze kaltgemacht und beide Taten den Kommunisten angelastet worden, [...] One of the Germans' goods trains had derailed, somewhere in the forest two Fritzes had been killed, and both deeds had been blamed on the Communists, [...] de 1979 Willi Bredel Die Enkel 416 "Wassilij allein", der Major wies auf den schlafenden Offizier, „hat drei Fritze mit seinem Revolver niedergestreckt." "Vasily alone", the major pointed to the sleeping officer, "shot three Fritzes with his revolver." de, Vasily Grossman, Leben und Schicksal, German translation by Efim Etkind and Simon Markish, page 239: de « [...] seit heute Morgen habe ich fünf Fritzen umgelegt und dabei vier Granaten verbraucht.» "[...] since this morning I have killed five Fritzes and used four grenades in the process." de, Vasily Grossman, Leben und Schicksal, German translation by Efim Etkind and Simon Markish, page 250: de [...] Kommandeur des Trupps sich geweigert habe, einen Rechenschaftsbericht zu schreiben, mit der Begründung: «Ich hab keine Zeit, mich mit blödem Papierkram zu befassen. Wir legen nur vor den Fritzen Rechenschaft ab.» de 1978 Hans Blickensdörfer Die Söhne des Krieges 239 Eigentlich, denkt er, bist du das größte Rindvieh unter Rußlands Sonne, Fedor Tarkanow. Kaum hast du Sohn und Frau, stürzt du dich in das verrückteste aller Abenteuer und riskierst Kopf und Kragen für zwei Fritzen. Declension m,':ens[older ending],e:en Derived terms de Fritzchen See also de Ami de Tommy de Iwan Further reading