Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch vriesen, from Old Dutch *friesan, from Proto-West Germanic *freusan, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvrizə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vrie‧zen
  • Rhymes: -izən
  • Homophone: Friezen (some speakers)

Verb edit

vriezen

  1. (intransitive) to freeze

Inflection edit

Inflection of vriezen (strong class 2a, irregular)
infinitive vriezen
past singular vroor
past participle gevroren
infinitive vriezen
gerund vriezen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular vries vroor
2nd person sing. (jij) vriest vroor
2nd person sing. (u) vriest vroor
2nd person sing. (gij) vriest vroort
3rd person singular vriest vroor
plural vriezen vroren
subjunctive sing.1 vrieze vrore
subjunctive plur.1 vriezen vroren
imperative sing. vries
imperative plur.1 vriest
participles vriezend gevroren
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: vries
  • Papiamentu: fris