Polyglot Dictionary

auffressen

/ˈaʊ̯fˌfʁɛsn̩/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
separable

Forms

present
frisst auf
past
fraß auf
perfect
hat aufgefressen

Meaning

  1. to devour

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

verspeisen

auffressen is more for animals eating, or a person eating ravenously and greedily; verspeisen is more formal or literary human eating — both mean "to devour."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

devorar

devorar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to devour."

Portuguese

devorar

devorar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to devour."

Practice

1 What does auffressen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Wolf ___ das Lamm auf.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches auffressen?

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