fresse

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

fresse

  1. inflection of fressen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle High German vrezzen, from Old High German frezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną.[1]

Cognate with German fressen and Luxembourgish friessen.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

fresse(intransitive or transitive, with accusative)

  1. (of an animal) to eat; to feed on; to devour
    Die Kaninche fresse Gellebrieve.
    The rabbits eat carrots.
  2. (of a person, derogatory) to stuff oneself; to gorge oneself; to pig out
    Där werd nie satt se fresse.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. (figurative) to consume, to guzzle, to burn
    De Rost hod es gefress.
    The rust has consumed it.

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of fresse
infinitive fresse
past participle gefress
auxiliary hon
present tense
1st person singular fresse
2nd person singular fresst
3rd person singular fressd
1st person  plural fresse
2nd person plural fressd
3rd person plural fresse
imperative
2nd person singular fress
2nd person plural fressd

Derived terms[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “fresse”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 181
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