fryse

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse frjósa (“freeze”), from Proto-Germanic *freusaną, cognate with Swedish frysa, English freeze, German frieren, Dutch vriezen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fryːsə/, [ˈfʁ̥yːsə]

Verb

fryse (past tense frøs, past participle frosset, attributive common frossen, attributive definite or plural frosne)

1. (intransitive or transitive) to freeze

Inflection

Inflection of fryse

	present	past
simple	fryser	frøs
perfect	har frosset	havde frosset
passive	fryses	—
participle	frysende	frosset
imperative	frys	—
infinitive	fryse	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	frysen	—

References

• “fryse” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse frjósa (“freeze”), from Proto-Germanic *freusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-.

Verb

fryse (imperative frys or fryse, present tense fryser, simple past frøs or frøys, past participle frosset, present participle frysende)

1. (intransitive) to freeze (turn to ice; be very cold)

Verb

fryse (imperative frys, present tense fryser, simple past fryste, past participle fryst)

1. (transitive) to freeze (e.g. food, in a freezer; freeze a moving image, prices etc.)

Derived terms

• frysepunkt

References

• “fryse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fryse (present tense frys, past tense fraus, past participle frose, present participle frysande, imperative frys)

1. Alternative form of frysa

Verb

fryse (present tense fryser, past tense fryste, past participle fryst, passive infinitive frysast, present participle frysande, imperative frys)

1. Alternative form of frysa