frönen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Middle High German vrœnen, Old High German frōnen, related to Fron (“socage”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]frönen (weak, third-person singular present frönt, past tense frönte, past participle gefrönt, auxiliary haben)
- (somewhat dated, formal) to indulge [with dative ‘something, e.g. a passion’]
- seiner Leidenschaft frönen ― to indulge one's passion
- 2012, Heidemarie Reckel, Gefühle sind nicht zum Versagen da, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 26:
- Selbst im höheren Alter wird diese Leidenschaft, diese wirkliche Leidenschaft, dann immer noch ausgeübt. Darüber freuen sich alle Menschen, die einer Leidenschaft frönen. Dabei kann man dann endlich mal machen, was man wirklich will.
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Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | frönen | ||||
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present participle | frönend | ||||
past participle | gefrönt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fröne | wir frönen | i | ich fröne | wir frönen |
du frönst | ihr frönt | du frönest | ihr frönet | ||
er frönt | sie frönen | er fröne | sie frönen | ||
preterite | ich frönte | wir frönten | ii | ich frönte1 | wir frönten1 |
du fröntest | ihr fröntet | du fröntest1 | ihr fröntet1 | ||
er frönte | sie frönten | er frönte1 | sie frönten1 | ||
imperative | frön (du) fröne (du) |
frönt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
[edit]- “frönen” in Duden online
- “frönen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “frönen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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