"backfisch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbækfɪʃ/ Forms: backfische [plural], backfisches [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Backfisch (“teenage girl”, literally “fish for baking”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Backfisch|lit=fish for baking|t=teenage girl}} German Backfisch (“teenage girl”, literally “fish for baking”) Head templates: {{en-noun|backfische|+}} backfisch (plural backfische or backfisches)
  1. A teenage or late-adolescent girl. Categories (topical): Female people Translations (teenage girl): bakvis (Dutch), Backfisch (German), bakfis (Hungarian), девочка-подросток (devočka-podrostok) [feminine] (Russian), backfisch [common-gender] (Swedish)

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Alternative forms

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