WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fritz
(frits),USA pronunciation [Informal.]
n.
v.i.
Fritz (frits),USA pronunciation n.
n.
- on the fritz, not in working order:Our TV went on the fritz last night.
v.i.
- Informal Terms fritz out, to become inoperable.
- of obscure origin, originally 1900–05
Fritz (frits),USA pronunciation n.
- Slang Terms[Older Slang](sometimes offensive). a German, esp. a German soldier.
- a male given name.
- German; common nickname for Friedrich
- 1910–15
'Fritz' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Busch
- Haber
- Haber process
- Kreisler
- Lang
- Lipmann
- London forces
- Meissner effect
- Meyerhof
- Mondale
- Müllerian mimicry
- Pregl
- Reiner
- Schaudinn
- Thyssen
- Todt
- Uhde
- Zwicky
- lang