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Fatzke
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German
Etymology
Probably de pl Wacku 1, the vocative form of pl Wacek, which is the diminutive form of the given name pl Wacław, itself from de cs Václav, from de zlw-ocs Venceslav, from de sla-pro *Vęťeslàvъ. de Wenzel.
Pronunciation
de /ˈfat͡skə/
de De-Fatzke.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Fatz ke
Noun
((<m,s,s>,<m.weak>))
de derogatory colloquial chiefly Germany beau, dandy, fop, peacock, pompous twit arrogant, vain man
de Dandy Geck Gigerl<q:chiefly Austria, fashionable in the 1880s> Lackaffe<q:colloquial> Laffe<q:colloquial, derogatory> Poser<q:youth slang> Stutzer Zierbengel
219 Die Künstlerin Fröhlich verhielt sich erschreckt und reumütig. Sie habe sich ganz gewiß nichts dabei gedacht. Jetzt habe es aber auch geschnappt, und die beiden Fatzken könnten allein zu den Wilden. The artist Fröhlich acted startled and remorseful. She had certainly thought nothing of it. But now it had also snapped, and the two arrogant men could go alone to the savages.
Declension
((<m,s,s>,<m.weak>))
Further reading
155677
172–173
de Male people