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German
Pronunciation
Verb
fresse
- inflection of fressen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Hunsrik
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vrezzen, from Old High German frezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną.
Cognate with German fressen and Luxembourgish friessen.
Pronunciation
Verb
fresse(intransitive or transitive, with accusative)
- (of an animal) to eat; to feed on; to devour
Die Kaninche fresse Gellebrieve.- The rabbits eat carrots.
- (of a person, derogatory) to stuff oneself; to gorge oneself; to pig out
Där werd nie satt se fresse.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (figurative) to consume, to guzzle, to burn
De Rost hod es gefress.- The rust has consumed it.
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References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “fresse”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 181