Vielfraß

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Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German vilvrāʒ; compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German vilifrāʒ, from frāʒ (“eater”) (modern German Fresser).

Noun

Vielfraß m (genitive Vielfraßes, plural Vielfraße)

  1. (figuratively) glutton (person who eats a lot)

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse fjellfräs (“mountain cat”), from fjall (“mountain”) (cognate to English fell (“mountain”)). Respelled based on the folk-etymological belief that it had the same derivation as Vielfraß (“gluttonous person”).

Noun

Vielfraß m (genitive Vielfraßes, plural Vielfraße)

  1. wolverine, glutton (Gulo gulo)

Declension

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Further reading

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