frieren

Meaning

1. (class-2, intransitive, strong) to be cold, feel cold [auxiliary haben] (unlike English freeze neither informal nor expressing extreme cold.)
2. (Southern, class-2, dated, impersonal, strong, transitive) to be cold, feel cold
3. (class-2, impersonal, intransitive, strong) to freeze, be freezing, be below 0 degrees celsius
4. (class-2, intransitive, rare, strong) synonym of gefrieren (“to freeze, become hard through cold”)

Concepts

freeze

be cold

congeal

cool

🆒

cool down

frozen

ice

🧊

refrigerate

be frosty

be frozen

feel cold

be bothered by coldness

complain about the cold

chill

Synonyms

einfrieren

gefrieren

kalt sein

frösteln

bibbern

kalt werden

zufrieren

schlottern

durchgefroren sein

zittern

erfrieren

vor Kälte zittern

schauern

Rauhreif fallen

kalt werden lassen

herunterkühlen

kalt machen

schuckern

abkühlen

mit den Zähnen klappern

auskühlen

erstarren

kühlen

🆒

nachlassen

schaudern

schnattern

vereisen

wackeln

sich abkühlen

Gänsehaut bekommen

Translations

geler

helar

vriezen

gelare

donmak

tener frío

congelare

congelar

congelar

üşümek

παγώνω

congeler

avere freddo

gelar

essere freddo

Dialects

Aargau

götterle

Aargau

gütterle

Basel-Landschaft

friere

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfriːrən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: vrieren

Inherited from Old High German: friosan

Cognate with Dutch: vriezen

Cognate with English: freeze

Cognate with Danish: fryse

In summary

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.