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Every Germanic word

Words players have found whose deepest named ancestor belongs to the Germanic family. A family is a group of languages, so this is wider than any single one of them.

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  • FAUTEUILnounGerman17 findersAn armchair.
  • FAXEDadjectiveOld English76 findersHaving a head of hair; hairy.
  • FAYREadjectiveOld English9 findersFair, beautiful.
  • FAZEverbOld Norse44 findersTo frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off ; to disconcert, to perturb.
  • FEAREDadjectiveMiddle English11 findersPertaining to someone or thing that causes great fear in others.
  • FEARFULadjectiveMiddle English3 findersFrightening; causing fear.
  • FEASTERnounMiddle English16 findersOne who feasts, who attends a feast.
  • FEATLIERadverbMiddle English3 findersProperly; suitably.
  • FEATLYadverbMiddle English5 findersProperly; suitably.
  • FEAZEverbProto-Germanic1 finderAlternative form of feeze.
  • FECKnounScots76 findersEffect, value; vigor.
  • FEEBLYadverbMiddle English66 findersIn a feeble manner.
  • FEEDERnounMiddle English1 finderOne who feeds, or gives food to another. The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
  • FEELverbGerman15 findersTo use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
  • FEELINGadjectiveMiddle English5 findersEmotionally sensitive.
  • FEERadjectiveOld English2 findersAlternative form of fear (“able, capable”).
  • FEIJOAnounGerman28 findersA South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa sellowiana).
  • FEISTnounOld English58 findersA small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dog; a feist dog.
  • FELDGRAUnounGerman6 findersThe greenish-grey colour of German military uniforms.
  • FELDSCHERnounGerman3 findersIn Russia, one with practical but not formal medical training.
  • FELDSPARnounGerman142 findersAny of a large group of rock-forming aluminosilicate minerals containing potassium, sodium, or calcium that, together, make up about 60% of the Earth's outer crust.
  • FELDSPATHICadjectiveGerman30 findersContaining feldspar.
  • FELLERnounMiddle English1 finderA person who fells trees; a lumberjack
  • FELLOEnounOld English2 findersThe rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.
  • FELLOWSHIPnounOld Norse21 findersA company of people that share the same interest or aim.
  • FELONIOUSadjectiveMiddle English351 findersOf, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony.
  • FELONIOUSLYadverbMiddle English3 findersIn a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.
  • FELSTONEnounGerman2 findersFelsite.
  • FENDYadjectiveScots1 findercunning, shifty
  • FENESTRAnounOld English100 findersAn opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.
  • FEREnounOld English8 findersA companion, comrade or friend.
  • FERNYadjectiveOld English11 findersOf or pertaining to ferns. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
  • FERVENTLYadverbMiddle English128 findersIn a fervent manner.
  • FESTSCHRIFTnounGerman9 findersA collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person (often on their birthday).
  • FETCHverbIcelandic9 findersTo retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
  • FETCHERnounMiddle English5 findersA person or thing that fetches something
  • FETLOCKnounOld English27 findersA joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof.
  • FETTLEnounOld English28 findersA state of physical condition; kilter or trim.
  • FEUARnounScots7 findersOne who holds a feu.
  • FEUDALadjectiveProto-Germanic204 findersOf, or relating to feudalism.
  • FEWERdeterminerMiddle English33 finderscomparative degree of few; a smaller number.
  • FEWTERnounGerman1 finderA support or holder for a spear, attached to a saddle or breastplate.
  • FICKLEadjectiveOld English119 findersQuick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
  • FIDGEverbSwedish14 findersTo fidget; jostle or shake.
  • FIDGETverbOld English77 findersTo wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
  • FIELDERnounOld English6 findersA dog trained in pursuit of game in the field.
  • FIELDFAREnounOld English1 finderA large thrush, Turdus pilaris, a bird of Eurasia.
  • FIELDWORKnounMiddle English14 findersWork done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
  • FIENDnounProto-Germanic70 findersA devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
  • FIERCELYadverbMiddle English19 findersIn a fierce manner.
  • FIERINESSnounMiddle English1 finderThe quality of being fiery.
  • FIERYadjectiveMiddle English57 findersOf or relating to fire.
  • FIFEnounGerman12 findersA small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
  • FIFTEENTHadjectiveOld English8 findersThe ordinal form of the number fifteen.
  • FIFTHadjectiveProto-Germanic5 findersThe ordinal form of the number five.
  • FIFTIETHadjectiveMiddle English5 findersThe ordinal form of the number fifty.
  • FIFTYnumeralProto-Germanic1 finderThe cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.
  • FIGHTERnounOld English33 findersA person who fights; a combatant.
  • FIGHTINGadjectiveProto-Germanic1 finderEngaged in war or other conflict.
  • FIGWORTnounOld English12 findersAny of various woodland herbs and shrubs of the genus Scrophularia.
  • FILCHverbOld English153 findersTo illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
  • FILIBUSTERnounDutch114 findersA mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish Wes
  • FILLIPnounMiddle English24 findersThe action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.
  • FILLYnounOld Norse29 findersA young female horse.
  • FILTERnounGerman11 findersA device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
  • FILTHnounGerman21 findersDirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
  • FILTHYadjectiveMiddle English32 findersCovered with filth; very dirty.
  • FINALLYadverbMiddle English18 findersAt the end or conclusion; ultimately.
  • FINDABLEadjectiveMiddle English11 findersAble to be found.
  • FINDERnounMiddle English13 findersOne who finds or discovers something; a discoverer.
  • FINELYadverbMiddle English4 findersSo as to produce a fine texture; into small, thin, or delicate pieces.
  • FINITEadjectiveOld English123 findersHaving an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number.
  • FINKnounYiddish76 findersA contemptible person.
  • FIPPLEnounIcelandic10 findersThe mouthpiece of a ducted flute, or the plug forming the floor of the windway.
  • FIREBRANDnounMiddle English1 finderA torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.
  • FIREDAMPnounDanish5 findersA flammable gas (mostly methane) found in coal mines; forms an explosive mixture with air.
  • FIREHOUSEnounOld English14 findersA house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.
  • FIRELIGHTnounOld English14 findersThe light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace.
  • FIRESTONEnounOld English8 findersIron pyrite, formerly used for striking fire.
  • FIREWEEDnounNorwegian1 finderA perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.
  • FIREWOODnounMiddle English18 findersWood intended to be burned, typically for heat.
  • FIRKverbProto-Germanic15 findersTo carry away or about; carry; move.
  • FIRKINnounMiddle Dutch50 findersA varying measure of capacity, usually being a quarter of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.
  • FIRLOTnounMiddle English3 findersA measure of capacity, once used for corn etc, equal to four pecks.
  • FIRMnounGerman10 findersA business partnership; the name under which it trades.
  • FIRMLYadverbMiddle English6 findersIn a firm or definite or strong manner.
  • FIRNnounOld Norse25 findersA type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowco
  • FIRSTBORNnounMiddle English1 finderThe first child to be born to a parent or family.
  • FIRSTLYadverbMiddle English20 findersIn the first place; before anything else; first.
  • FIRWOODnounOld English4 findersThe wood of the fir tree.
  • FISHERnounProto-Germanic25 findersA person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
  • FISHINGnounMiddle English36 findersThe act of catching fish.
  • FISHMONGERnounMiddle English196 findersA person who sells fish.
  • FISHNETnounMiddle English22 findersA net used to catch fish.
  • FISHPONDnounMiddle English3 findersA freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.
  • FISHTAILnounMiddle English13 findersThe tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
  • FISHYadjectiveMiddle English49 findersOf, from, or similar to fish.
  • FISKverbOld English64 findersTo run about; to fist; to whisk.
  • FISTMELEnounOld English2 findersA traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6½ inches or 16½ centimetres).
  • FITCHnounMiddle Dutch33 findersA polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.

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