פֿרעסן
Yiddish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German frezzan (“to devour, eat up”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (“to eat up”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *fra- (intensive and perfective prefix) + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”).
Verb
פֿרעסן • (fresn) (past participle געפֿרעסן (gefresn))
- (of an animal, transitive, intransitive) to eat, to feed
- (of a person, transitive, intransitive) pig out (eat voraciously or ravenously)
Conjugation
Conjugation of פֿרעסן
infinitive | פֿרעסן fresn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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present participle | פֿרעסנדיק fresndik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past participle | געפֿרעסן gefresn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
auxiliary | האָבן hobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present | איך פֿרעס ikh fres |
מיר פֿרעסן mir fresn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
דו פֿרעסט du frest |
איר פֿרעסט ir frest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ער פֿרעסט er frest |
זיי פֿרעסן zey fresn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperative | פֿרעס (דו) fres (du) |
פֿרעסט (איר) frest (ir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms
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Descendants
- → English: fress (or from German)