friessen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German frezzan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną. Cognate with German fressen, Dutch vreten, fretten, English fret.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fʀie̯sen/, [fʀiə̯sən]
  • Rhymes: -iəsən

Verb

friessen (third-person singular present frësst, past participle gefriess, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive or intransitive, of an animal) to eat
  2. (transitive or intransitive, vulgar, of a person) to eat, to gorge, to stuff

Conjugation
Irregular
infinitive friessen
participle gefriess
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative		 imperative
1st singular friessen —
2nd singular frëss friess
3rd singular frësst —
1st plural friessen —
2nd plural friesst friesst
3rd plural friessen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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