Vocabulary
fies
/fiːs/· adjective
mean, nasty (colloquial)
Fies — everyday spoken word for mean, nasty behaviour or unpleasant things: ein fieser Trick, eine fiese Erkältung.
CEFR B1Frequency ●●●●●colloquial
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Forms
- Komparativ
- fieser
- Superlativ
- am fiesesten
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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
fies
mean, nasty (people, behaviour)
Das war echt fies von dir, ihn vor allen bloßzustellen.
That was really mean of you to show him up in front of everyone.
Word family
fiesder Fieslingnasty piece of workdie Fiesheitnastiness, a nasty act
Common combinations
- fies zu jemandem seinto be mean to someone
- ein fieser Tricka dirty trick
- fies grinsento grin nastily
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
gemeinhinterhältig
↔ Opposites
nettfair
Real examples
- Warum bist du heute so fies zu deiner Schwester?Why are you being so mean to your sister today?
- Der Anbieter arbeitet mit einem ziemlich fiesen Trick: Kündigen kann man nur per Brief.The provider uses a pretty dirty trick: you can only cancel by letter.
- Die Klausur war fies, weil genau die Themen drankamen, die wir nicht wiederholt hatten.The exam was nasty because exactly the topics we hadn't revised came up.
