Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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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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