futtern

Meaning

  1. (informal,weak) to eat a lot; to guzzle
  2. (alt-of,alternative,obsolete,weak) Alternative form of füttern (“to feed”)

Frequency

C2
Dialects

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

schoppa

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfʊtərn/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German vuotern, old variant of füttern, which see. Semantic split since the 19th century.

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