Polyglot Dictionary

fies

/fiːs/

adjective B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. nasty

    • Das war fies von ihm.

      That was nasty of him.

Similar words

gemein

fies is more colloquial; gemein is more general and can be more serious — both mean "nasty, mean."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

maldoso

maldoso is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "nasty."

Practice

1 What does fies mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das war ___ von ihm.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fies?

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