🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

pequeño Faust

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pe.ke.ɲo faust

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Faustling/ˈfaʊstlɪŋ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El pequeño Faust mostró un gran valor."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A young person or child who exhibits strong determination or resilience.

    "The faustling showed remarkable courage in the face of adversity."
  2. 2

    A term used to describe a spirited youth, often in a literary or poetic context.

    "In the story, the faustling embarked on a quest to prove his worth."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'Faustling' is derived from the German word 'Faust', meaning 'fist', which has roots in Middle High German 'vust' and Old High German 'fuost'. The suffix '-ling' denotes a diminutive or a person associated with a particular quality, thus evolving to refer to a small or young person associated with strength or determination.

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