fretten

From Middle English freten, from Old English freten, ġefreten (“eaten”), past participle of Old English fretan (“to devour, eat up, consume, break, eat into”). More at fret.

fretten (comparative more fretten, superlative most fretten)

1. (obsolete) Marked.

   pock-fretten (“marked with the smallpox”)

fretten

1. Alternative past participle of fret

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛtə(n)/
• Rhymes: -ɛtən

Variant of vreten (“to eat”), possibly from cognate West Frisian frette or influenced by other cognate forms (compare German fressen, Westphalian Low German friätten, northern Low German frett, third-person singular of freten).

fretten

1. (transitive, informal) to eat

• opfretten

See the etymology of the main entry.

fretten

1. Plural form of fret

From Middle High German vretten, vreten, from Old High German fratōn

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fretten (third-person singular simple present frettet, past tense frettete, past participle gefrettet, auxiliary haben)

1. (Austria, southern Germany, reflexive) to struggle with a very tedious task

• abfretten
• auffretten
• dahinfretten
• durchfretten

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