fritz
/fɹɪts/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.42 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A name used to represent the German people (particularly the German armed forces) as a group.
British usage; Offensive
name
A diminutive of the male given name Friedrich.
Example Sentences
- "Someone sent up a shout and word came that oil had begun to show on the water—that meant one less submarine afloat! Again the roar of guns—again the shout! Two Fritzes sunk. . . !"
- "But if Fritz is stationed in that patch of woodland, we've got no chance!"
- "You! Fritz! Tell us where the ammunition's kept!"
- "[…]so Fritz could sleep easily in his trench, so far as mines were concerned; and Fritz, confident in his Herr Professors, altogether neglected any attempt to counter-mine."
- "'Fritz is pounding away at the crossing,' he said. 'We'd do better to wait till things quieten down.'"
- "Uncle Fritz “talked eyes” when he was the most deeply aggrieved; and little Fritz found it most unpleasant to have an American relative addicted to the same bad habit. She came into the room just then and there, and, seeing the two Fritzes in such confidential discussion, would have speedily withdrawn, had not the gentleman risen and begged her to remain."