different between betragen vs foxship

German

Etymology

be- +? tragen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??t?a????/, /b??t?a???n/

Verb

betragen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present beträgt, past tense betrug, past participle betragen, past subjunctive betrüge, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to amount to, to be
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 2/2010, page 125:

2. (reflexive) to behave

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Betrag

Further reading

• “betragen” in Duden online

English

Etymology

From fox +? -ship.

Noun

foxship (uncountable)

1. The character or qualities of a fox; foxiness; craftiness; cunning.
   • 1605-08, Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act 4, Scene 2

     Hadst thou foxship to banish him that struck more blows for Rome than thou hast spoken words.
2. (Used as a mock title) The fox.
   • 1880, The Californian

     The dingo, however, does not possess the cunning of his foxship; and, unlike the latter, he "gives himself away" by heralding his coming by a peculiar howl, the authorship of which it is impossible to mistake.

   • 1904, Field and Stream

     I caught a fleeting far-away glimpse of the quarry as he loped across an open field just before re-entering the big swamp-I thought a few things that were anything but complimentary to his foxship, and throwing myself on the ground, […]