frassn
Appearance
East Central German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]frassn
- (of an animal, Erzgebirgisch) to eat; to feed on; to devour
- (of a person, derogatory, Erzgebirgisch) to stuff oneself; to gorge oneself; to eat like a pig
- (of a person, derogatory, Erzgebirgisch) to despise, to have a pet peeve against
- Die hoh iech gefrassn!
- I can’t stand her! (literally, “I have eaten that one.”)
- (of a person, colloquial, Erzgebirgisch) to like, to really like someone
- Dann kennt ich frassn!
- I really like him! (literally, “I could eat him.”)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44: