Fuß

[fuːs]

/[fuːs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Fuß” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
3
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein paariger Körperteil beim Menschen und höher entwickelten Spezies, unterer Teil des Beines

Corpus desk

Index DE-fu · Fuß · German

Fuß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for Fuß
PropertyValue
HeadwordFuß
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fuːs]
Letters3
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Fuß” sits in German frequency

Fußsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent German words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fuß is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fuːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Fuß, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fuß, spelled F-U-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein paariger Körperteil beim Menschen und höher entwickelten Spezies, unterer Teil des Beines
  2. 2
    das gesamte Bein, die Extremität zum Laufen und Stehen
  3. 3
    unterer tragender Teil von aufragenden, aufrecht stehenden Dingen, Gegenständen
  4. 4
    veraltetes beziehungsweise noch heute im angloamerikanischen Raum verwendetes Längenmaß, etwa 30 Zentimeter
  5. 5
    Versfuß

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Fuß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Fuß ist mit dem Unterschenkel gelenkig verbunden.
  2. „Ich legte auf und schwang die Füße auf den Schreibtisch.“

Synonyms

MaukeBeinFußgestellVersfuß

Antonyms

HandKapitellElleFingerbreiteHandbreiteHandspanneKlafterSchritt

This word in other languages

foot(English)pie(Español)pied(Français)pé(Português)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fuß"?
"Fuß" is spelled F-U-SS. The IPA pronunciation is [fuːs].
What does "Fuß" mean?
As a noun, "Fuß" means: ein paariger Körperteil beim Menschen und höher entwickelten Spezies, unterer Teil des Beines
How do you pronounce "Fuß"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fuß" is [fuːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fuß" come from?
"Fuß" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list