Fresser
German (Berlin)
/ˈfʀɛsɐ/
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly in compounds) ; an animal that eats.
- A glutton; a person who eats immoderately or like an animal.
- (agriculture) A bull or cow between the ages of four months and a year.
Etymology
Affix from German fressen (devour, eat, gobble up, gobble, guzzle).
Origin
German (Berlin)
fressen
Gloss
devour, eat, gobble up, gobble, guzzle
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fresser English
- Aas German
- Aasfresser German
- Fleisch German
- Fleischfresser German
- Fressfeind German
- Frosch German
- Froschfresser German
- Kotze German
- Kotzefresser German
- Lochfraßkorrosion German
- Mensch German
- Menschenfresser German
- fressen German
- zerfressen German
- frezzen Middle High German
- vrezzen Middle High German
- ־ער Yiddish
- פֿרעסן Yiddish
- פֿרעסער Yiddish