fressen

German (Berlin)

verb-strong
Definitions
  • (transitive) to eat; to feed on; to devour
  • (transitive) to stuff oneself; to gorge oneself; to eat like a pig
  • (figurative) to eat away (e.g. metal)
  • (figurative) to consume, to guzzle, to burn (e.g. fuel, money)
  • (transitive) to despise, to have a pet peeve against

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German frezzen inherited from Old High German frezzan (devour, eat up) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (eat up, consume, devour).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*fraetaną

Gloss

eat up, consume, devour

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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