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 (imperative frys, infinitive at fryse, present tense fryser, past tense frøs, perfect tense har frosset)

1. (intransitive or transitive) to freeze

Conjugation

Conjugation of fryse

active passive present fryser fryses past frøs — infinitive fryse fryses imperative frys — participle present frysende past frosset (auxiliary verb have) gerund frysen

References

• “fryse” in Den Danske Ordbog

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.

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