פֿרעסן

Yiddish

Etymology

From Old High German frezzan (to devour, eat up), from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (to eat up), from Proto-Germanic *fra- (intensive and perfective prefix) + Proto-Germanic *etaną (to eat).

Verb

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

Descendants

  • English: fress (or from German)
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