frossa
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the verb frysa. Compare origin of the noun/verb pair droppe and drypa. Attested since 1578.
Noun
[edit]frossa c
- shivering with chills (while having fever)
- (figurative) downturn
- börsfrossa
- stock market downturn
Declension
[edit]Declension of frossa
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Low German vratzen. Cognate of German fressen and Danish fråse. Doublet of fräta. Attested as a verb since 1526, and as a noun since 1990.
Verb
[edit]frossa (present frossar, preterite frossade, supine frossat, imperative frossa)
- to glut, to gorge, to feast (eat gluttonously)
- De frossade på stekt gås
- They gorged on roast goose
- (figuratively) to revel
- Filmen frossar i 50-talsestetik
- The movie revels in 50s aesthetics
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of frossa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | frossa | frossas | ||
| Supine | frossat | frossats | ||
| Imperative | frossa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | frossen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | frossar | frossade | frossas | frossades |
| Ind. plural1 | frossa | frossade | frossas | frossades |
| Subjunctive2 | frosse | frossade | frosses | frossades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | frossande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Noun
[edit]frossa c
- (colloquial, often in compounds) gluttony, gorging
- Synonym: frosseri
- räkfrossa ― shrimp gorge fest
Declension
[edit]Declension of frossa
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- frossa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- frossa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- frossa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- frossa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)