Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vrezzen, from Old High German frezzan (to devour, eat up), from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan (to eat up).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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פֿרעסן (fresn) (past participle געפֿרעסן (gefresn))

  1. (of an animal, transitive, intransitive) to eat, to feed
  2. (of a person, transitive, intransitive) pig out (eat voraciously or ravenously)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: fress (or from German)