freue

freue

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• fraaie, frähe, freie (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German vröuwen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʀœy̯ə/

Verb

freue (third-person singular present freut, past tense fraut, past participle jefraut or jefreut)

1. (Ripuarian, reflexive) to be glad, happy
   • 1926, “Kut erop”‎, performed by Willi Ostermann:

     Mer sich denke kunnt, en ner Veedelstund de Feuerwehr wor do.
     Die sooch dä Ovve noh, un jetz, ich sage jo:
     Datt dat kumme sollt, wore Kender schold – wat hann die sich jefraut!
     Die hatten drei Paar naße Söck höösch en die Pief jedaut.

     As was expected, after 15 minutes the fire brigade arrived.
     They checked the oven, and well, as I'm saying:
     That all of that should happen was some children's fault—oh how glad they were!
     They had carefully pushed three pairs of wet socks into that pipe.

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German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯ə

Verb

freue

1. inflection of freuen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I