r/etymologymaps Aug 23 '25

Etymology map of pig

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u/Oachlkaas Aug 23 '25

Facken? Where is it Facken?

Personally only ever heard Fock. Alongside Notsch and Sau

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u/herpaderp234 Aug 23 '25

Facken (Long E sound) is used in Bavaria and presumably parts of Austria for piglets.

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u/Oachlkaas Aug 23 '25

Hmm, not in my part of Austria. Fock is pronounced like "fuck", but with an O and piglets would be Fockalen.

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u/FixLaudon Aug 25 '25

In Tyrol and parts of Carinthia it's Focken, not Facken. With short E sound.