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“I'm afraid it was "fressen" by Bia Winter on Friday, Apr 24, 2009 at 10: 21: 46 AM”
““Hoppe hoppe Reiter, wenn er fällt, dann schreit er, fällt er in den Graben, fressen ihn die Raben.””
“For example, interest in travel, the importance of essen vs fressen, healthy lifestyle, photography.”
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“The impressionist painter Max Liebermann famously said: "Ick kann ja nich so ville fressen, wie ick kotzen mochte.”
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“Weilen die fortun in dieser Welt mir nicht günstiger seyn wollen, nichts bessres ist als zu verlassen alles was der Welt ist, und die schätz suchen, die im Himmel, welche die Schaben noch der Rost fressen, und die Dieben nicht nachgraben können. 55 --”
“Schaben: Motten, moths: Reference to: Ihr sollt euch nicht Schätze sammeln auf Erden, da sie die Motten und der Rost fressen, und da die Diebe nachgraben und stehlen.”
“This difficulty could not occur in the German, where essen signifies the act of feeding by a man, and fressen by a beast.”
“They say commonly, 'Kanstu niecht sauffen und fressen so kanstu kienem hern wol dienen.”
“Na, gib Ihnen schon zu fressen" -- Well, give them something good to eat.”
“Aber er braucht Regulierung, damit nicht die Starken die Schwächeren fressen.”
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trivet It reminds me of Thanksgiving at my cousins' house. My uncle was German and he would fuss at the kids' table - "Fress nicht! Keine Schweinerei!" Good times. Nov 20, 2007
chained_bear It always reminds me of the Witch-King talking to his fell beast: "Feast on his flessssh!!" That's definitely a use for fressen. Nov 20, 2007
reesetee Funny, bilby! I was a bit confused too, until you explained further. :-) Nov 20, 2007
bilby Hi c_b, I'm a big fan of your lists.
Essentially yeah, humans essen and animals fressen. So if you use fressen in terms of people it suggests they eat like animals, hence a figurative meaning akin to gorge or devour.
The party just came to mind because there was a lot of food and I probably ate too much, and yet when I was chatting to Andrea on the stairs I felt like gobbling her up too.
I've seen fressen somewhere in print in an English piece recently which is why I added it. I'll quote it when I can find it. Nov 20, 2007
chained_bear I do know this word, but I haven't been to said house party. Your comment makes me wonder what alternate meaning this word has that I don't know. I thought it was "to feed," as in "to eat," but only used to describe animals....? Nov 20, 2007
bilby A bit German but I'll take it. If you don't know this word you probably haven't been to a house party on a Saturday night in Leipzig with a gorgeous girl making eyes at you on the stairwell around midnight.
Nov 19, 2007