frekur
Icelandic
/ˈfrɛːkʏr/
adj
Definitions
- aggressively assertive or demanding; pushy
- (of animals) difficult to handle, wild
- taking up too much space
- (of a quantity of time or space) (too) much, (overly) long
- (of a quantity of time or space) slightly more than; over
- (in comparative) more, further
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse frekr (greedy, pushy, assertive) inherited from Proto-Germanic *frekaz (greedy, capable, courageous, active, outrageous, bold).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frekaz
Gloss
greedy, capable, courageous, active, outrageous, bold
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Frechdachs German
- Frechheit German
- frech German
- rotzfrech German
- *preg- Proto-Indo-European
- frekk Norwegian Bokmål
- *frekaz Proto-Germanic
- *frekōną Proto-Germanic
- fräck Swedish
- fräckhet Swedish
- fräckis Swedish
- frekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- frec Old English
- frekr Old Norse
- freh Old High German
- vrech Middle High German
- *𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *frek gmw-pro