Gfrast

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German gevræʒe, gevræze, from vrâʒ, from Middle High German frezzen, from Old High German frezzan, firezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥frɑst/

Noun

Gfrast n (plural Gfraster)

1. young rascal
2. good-for-nothing, scamp

Descendants

• → German: Gfrast

German

Etymology

From Bavarian Gfrast, from Middle High German gevræʒe, gevræze, from vrâʒ, from Middle High German frezzen, from Old High German frezzan, firezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan. Doublet of Gefresse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkfʁast/, [ˈɡ̥frɑst]

Noun

Gfrast n (strong, genitive Gfrasts, plural Gfrast-er)

1. (Austria, Bavaria, colloquial) young rascal
2. (Austria, Bavaria, colloquial) good-for-nothing, troublemaker

Declension

Declension of Gfrast [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Gfrast	die	Gfraster
genitive	eines	des	Gfrasts	der	Gfraster
dative	einem	dem	Gfrast	den	Gfrastern
accusative	ein	das	Gfrast	die	Gfraster

Derived terms

• Hundsgfrast
• Saugfrast

Further reading

• “Gfrast” in Duden online
• “Gfrast” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon