friessen

Lëtzebuergesch

English: to eat; to guzzle; to eat (away); to pig out
Français: manger; bâfrer; ronger
Deutsch: fressen

Type: VRB
Auxiliary: hunn
Participe passé: gefriess

Pronunciation (IPA)

[fʀˈiəsən]

Meanings and translations

Meaning 1

Deutsch: fressen (Tier)
Français: manger (animal)
English: to eat (animal)
Português: comer (animal)
Nederlands: eten; vreten (van dieren)

Meaning 2

crude

Deutsch: fressen (essen)
Français: bouffer; bâfrer
English: to scoff; to guzzle
Português: enfardar; morfar
Nederlands: vreten; naar binnen werken

Meaning 3

Deutsch: fressen (beschädigen, angreifen)
Français: ronger (corroder, attaquer)
English: to eat (away) (moth, rust)
Português: comer; roer; corroer
Nederlands: vreten; aanvreten (beschadigen, aantasten)

Meaning 4

Deutsch: fressen (Tier)
Français: manger (animal)
English: to eat (animal)
Português: comer (animal)
Nederlands: eten; vreten (van dieren)

Meaning 5

crude

Deutsch: fressen (essen)
Français: bouffer; bâfrer
English: to stuff oneself; to pig out (on food)
Português: enfardar; morfar
Nederlands: vreten (eten)

Usage notes

Spelling variants

Only source-reviewed variants are suggested.

fréiss
fréissen
fréisst
frëss
frësst
friess
friessen
friesst
gefriess

Example sentences

meng Kaz frësst nach laang net alles, wat een hir duer setzt
Meaning 1: to eat
Elefante si Vegetarier, se friesse kee Fleesch
Meaning 1: to eat
fro de Schoulmeeschter dat roueg, hie frësst dech net!
colloquial
Meaning 1: to eat
hie kuckt mech, ewéi wann e mech wéilt friessen
colloquial
Meaning 1: to eat
ech kéint dech friessen !
colloquial
Meaning 1: to eat
déi Leit hu Sue fir ze friessen !
colloquial
Meaning 1: to eat
ech hu gëschter um Fest dräi Kotletten an zwou Mettwurschte gefriess
crude
Meaning 2: to scoff; to guzzle
d'Matten hu Lächer a meng Jackett gefriess
Meaning 3: to eat (away)
de Rouer ass vum Rascht gefriess
Meaning 3: to eat (away)
du gëss nach vum Grant gefriess !
colloquial
Meaning 3: to eat (away)
d'Kou ass krank, se frësst net
Meaning 4: to eat
de Weekend hunn ech näischt anescht gemaach ewéi friessen a pennen
crude
Meaning 5: to stuff oneself; to pig out

Verb conjugation

Infinitive: friessen
Past participle: gefriess
Auxiliary: hunn

Indicative · Present

ech: friessen
du: frëss
hien / hatt / si: frësst
mir: friessen
dir: friesst
si: friessen

Indicative · Perfect

ech: hu gefriess
du: hues gefriess
hien / hatt / si: huet gefriess
mir: hu gefriess
dir: hutt gefriess
si: hu gefriess

Indicative · Pluperfect

ech: hat gefriess
du: has gefriess
hien / hatt / si: hat gefriess
mir: hate gefriess
dir: hat gefriess
si: hate gefriess

Conditional · presentSimple

ech: fréiss
du: fréiss
hien / hatt / si: fréiss
mir: fréissen
dir: fréisst
si: fréissen

Conditional · Present

ech: géif / géing friessen
du: géifs / géings friessen
hien / hatt / si: géif / géing friessen
mir: géifen / géinge friessen
dir: géift / géingt friessen
si: géifen / géinge friessen

Conditional · Past

ech: hätt gefriess
du: häss gefriess
hien / hatt / si: hätt gefriess
mir: hätte gefriess
dir: hätt gefriess
si: hätte gefriess

Imperative · Present

du: friess!
dir: friesst!

Source: ZLS / LOD · July 2026 · CC0

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