Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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vriezen

  1. (intransitive) to freeze

Conjugation

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Conjugation 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, vries2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: vries
  • Papiamentu: fris