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单词 fressen
释义

fressen

See also: Fressen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German frezzen, from Old High German frezzan, firezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan. Cognate with Dutch vreten, English fret, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraitan), Swedish fräta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʁɛsn̩/
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Verb

fressen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present frisst, past tense fraß, past participle gefressen, past subjunctive fräße, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive, of an animal) to eat; to feed on; to devour
  2. (transitive or intransitive, of a person, derogatory) to stuff oneself; to gorge oneself; to eat like a pig
    Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
    First comes the stomach, then comes ethics.
  3. (figuratively, chiefly reflexive) to eat away (e.g. metal) [+ durch (object)]
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to consume, to guzzle, to burn (e.g. fuel, money)
  5. (transitive, colloquial, perfect only) to despise, to have a pet peeve against
    Den hab ich ja gefressen!I can’t stand that guy! (literally, “I have eaten that one.”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • essen

Descendants

  • English: fress (or from Yiddish)
  • Polish: frasować

Further reading

  • fressen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • fressen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • fressen” in Duden online
  • fressen” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883), fressen”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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