Vielfraß

German

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vilvrāʒ; compare Old High German vilifrāʒ, from frāʒ (“eater”) (modern German Fresser).

Noun

Vielfraß m (genitive Vielfraßes, plural Vielfraße)

  1. (figuratively) glutton (person who eats a lot)

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German, from Old Norse fjellfräs (“mountain cat”), from fjall (“mountain”) (cognate to English fell (“mountain”)). Respelled based on the folk-etymological belief that it had the same derivation as Vielfraß (“gluttonous person”).

Noun

Vielfraß m (genitive Vielfraßes, plural Vielfraße)

  1. wolverine, glutton (Gulo gulo)

Declension
Declension of Vielfraß
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Vielfraß die Vielfraße
genitive eines des Vielfraßes der Vielfraße
dative einem dem Vielfraß,
Vielfraße1		 den Vielfraßen
accusative einen den Vielfraß die Vielfraße
1Now uncommon, see notes

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