Used in a Sentence

fritz

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fritz.

Editorial note

They are two related terms A dystopia is a particular society like Metropolis in the 30's Fritz lang film film.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A diminutive of the male given name Friedrich.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fritz gathered in one view.

noun

A diminutive of the male given name Friedrich.

noun

A surname from German.

noun

(UK, offensive) A name used to represent the German people (particularly the German armed forces) as a group.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fritz.

noun

A diminutive of the male given name Friedrich.

noun

A surname from German.

noun

(UK, offensive) A name used to represent the German people (particularly the German armed forces) as a group.

noun

(UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person, usually male.

Example sentences

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They are two related terms A dystopia is a particular society like Metropolis in the 30's Fritz lang film film.

2

Or Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser short stories, which were the individual adventures of those two characters.

3

Imagine a general with a finite amount of artillery shells and a Howitzer on the fritz (i.e.

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The Colour of Magic is a bit weird because it's basically a Fritz Leiber parody, even down to the structure.

5

I would compare Wittgenstein's legacy to Fritz Haber -- a great man, inarguably greater than Wittgenstein.

6

Dennis Fritz and Ron Williamson for example were convicted for murder based solely on bad circumstantial evidence while the real perpetrator remained unpunished for over a decade.

7

Yes, my memory was not accurate and I should have specified Haber-Bosch Process & Carl Bosch[1] instead of Haber Process & Fritz Haber.

8

I love old recordings: Rachmaninov, Fritz Kreisler, Eugene Ysaÿe, all excite me to hear.

9

I'm a vast gaping maw of ignorance here, but I thought we had solved nitrogen fixation with the fritz-Haber process at the cost of using fossil fuels.

10

(Edit, 2: If I remember, Uncle Fritz also predicted that God would give his last shudder and be finally dead about two centuries after the publishing of Genealogy of Morals about 1889...

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Qt themes don't scale, web views don't scale, icon, window, plasma panel, etc sizes need to be configured independently of font DPI, some applications just fritz out at high DPI font sizes.

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We seem to have an innate fear that this would be the case: most of our cultural artefacts concerning AIs -- from Fritz Lang's Metropolis to Terminator to the Matrix to Battlestar Galactica -- have cast them as the villains, intent on enslaving and murdering humanity.

Quote examples

1

Fritz Leiber's "A Pail of Air" stuck in my mind, hard, as a kid.

2

> "Für sechs Groschen, Fritz, ist's heute genug" I'm puzzled over the statement that this is supposedly hard to translate.

3

Let me make an attempt: > "That's quite enough for six dimes, today, Fritz." That being said: I'm not sure it's smart to insist on binding your passion only to the money you make from its product.

4

If the cop's camera suspiciously turns out to be "on the fritz, your honor", all the cops evidence loses it's "magic cop assumption of reliability", and they fail to establish any "balance of probability" in a purely he-said/she-said situation.

Proper noun examples

1

Fritz Haber was originally motivated by Germany's war objectives to kill people via poison gas and explosives.

2

(Fritz Leiber) - The Earthsea trilogy (Ursula K.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fritz in a sentence?

They are two related terms A dystopia is a particular society like Metropolis in the 30's Fritz lang film film.

What does fritz mean?

A diminutive of the male given name Friedrich.

What part of speech is fritz?

fritz is commonly used as noun.