See also: Frieden

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German *vreden, northern form of vret(t)en, vraten, from Old High German *fretten, fratōn (to chafe, rub), derived from frat (sore). Cognate with dialectal German fretten. Further origin unknown. The word cannot be immediately cognate with English fret, which instead corresponds to Luxembourgish friessen. Origin from a derivative of Latin fricāre (cf. Italian frettare) is also unlikely because of the underlying a-vocalism.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

frieden (third-person singular present friet, past participle gefrueden, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive, dated) to touch so as to perceive something, to feel
    Synonyms: fillen, taaschten
    engem de Bols friedento feel someone’s pulse

Conjugation edit

Regular
infinitive frieden
participle gefrueden
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular frieden
2nd singular friets friet
3rd singular friet
1st plural frieden
2nd plural friet friet
3rd plural frieden
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.