frieren.
to be cold, feel cold [auxiliary haben] (unlike English freeze neither informal nor expressing extreme cold.)
Meaning & usage
to be cold, feel cold [auxiliary haben] (unlike English freeze neither informal nor expressing extreme cold.)
Frierst du?
Meine Hände frieren.
to be cold, feel cold
Friert es dich?
Die Hände frieren mich.
to freeze, be freezing, be below 0 degrees celsius
Heute Nacht soll es frieren.
synonym of gefrieren (“to freeze, become hard through cold”)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German vrieren, vriesen, from Old High German friosan, from Proto-West Germanic *freusan, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-. The -r- was generalised from the Middle High German past forms (as in verlieren). Cognate with German Low German freren, fresen, Dutch vriezen, English freeze, Danish fryse.
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