Fatzke

Fatzke
German
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Polish Wacku, the vocative form of Wacek, which is the diminutive form of the given name Wac;aw, itself from Czech V;clav, from Old Czech Venceslav, from Proto-Slavic *V;;esl;vъ. Doublet of Wenzel.
Fatzke m (strong or weak, genitive Fatzkes or Fatzken, plural Fatzkes or Fatzken)
1. (colloquial, derogatory) beau, dandy, fop, peacock, pompous twit (arrogant, vain man) quotations ; synonyms ;
Synonyms: Dandy, Geck, (chiefly Austria, fashionable in the 1880s) Gigerl, (colloquial) Lackaffe, (colloquial, derogatory) Laffe, (youth slang) Poser, Stutzer, Zierbengel
Further reading
• “Fatzke” in Digitales W;rterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fatzke” in Duden online
• “Fatzke”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut f;r Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Fatzke” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon