fresse

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German

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fresse

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

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Etymology

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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.

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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.
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  3. (figurative) to consume, to guzzle, to burn
    De Rost hod es gefress.
    The rust has consumed it.

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References

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