Talk:Rixe

Are you sure that it is a legit German word? I couldn't find it in any reference books. LinguisticMystic (talk) 12:38, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

RFV discussion: January 2022–February 2024
German; tagged by LinguisticMystic today, not listed: “Are you sure that it is a legit German word? I couldn't find it in any reference books.” J3133 (talk) 13:13, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * After a fairly involved search the only thing I could turn up was a mention in this journal, but it's glossing the same quotation from Steiner ("Das Kind wird dann zum Rixen, ein österreichischer Ausdruck für einen langaufgeschossenen, mageren Menschen"). Otherwise it's just scan errors for Nixe, or Rixen as a surname (or brand derived from a surname). If it was still in use in Austria I'd expect to see some evidence of it online. Inclined to say RFV-failed but might be good to get an opinion from a native German-speaker: ? (Actually I see this was also discussed under rixig below, and it doesn't seem like there's been any movement since. The rixig citation is also from the same source by Steiner.) —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 17:30, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Are you familiar with this term? I have first hand experience with the disparity between widespread spoken use and attestation (cf. ) but if it is used neither in print nor in speech, deletion appears to be the only pathway. &mdash; Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 09:06, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * No, I'm not familiar with this term. It's probably obsolete. It might be worth a try to search for spelling variations, e.g. Rigse, Rigsn, Richse, Richsn, etc., or changing i to e. -- Addendum: https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/search?query=all%3Arixen&startPage=10 Skunkassociation (talk) 14:09, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * That addendum has.
 * Term is unattested for over 2(!) years. Hence: RfV failed. --2003:DE:3730:F428:A061:1BF8:AC91:9DAB 00:17, 12 February 2024 (UTC)