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Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
fréier
- comparative degree of fréi (“early”)
Deng fréier Virschléi ware besser wéi dësen.- Your earlier suggestions were better than this one.
- former
De fréiere Minister krut e Poste bäi enger grousser Entreprise.- The former minister got a position in a big company.
Usage notes
- For the more literal comparative “earlier in time”, “earlier in the day” use the analytic construction méi fréi.
Declension
Adverb
fréier
- formerly, in the past
Etymology 2
Inflected form of fréieren (“to freeze”).
Verb
fréier
- second-person singular imperative of fréieren