friessen
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German frezzan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną. Cognate with German fressen, Dutch vreten, fretten, English fret.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
friessen (third-person singular present frësst, past participle gefriess, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive or intransitive, of an animal) to eat
- (transitive or intransitive, vulgar, of a person) to eat, to gorge, to stuff
Conjugation edit
| 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. | ||