 | English | German  | |
| – | |
 | to devour sth. | 2337 etw.Akk. fressen | |
| to gorge | 1646 fressen [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| to eat [animal] | 586 fressen | |
| to guzzle [eat greedily] | 364 fressen [derb] [gierig essen] | |
| to munch | 149 fressen | |
| to gormandize | 75 fressen | |
| zool. to feed [eat food] | 69 fressen | |
| to gobble sth. up [coll.] [petrol, electricity, etc.] | etw.Akk. fressen [ugs.] [Benzin, Strom etc.] | |
| zool. to feed on sth. | etw. fressen [s. von etw. ernähren] | |
| to eat like a pig [fig.] [pej.] [eat noisily and unpleasantly] | fressen [derb] [pej.] | |
| to put on the feedbag [Am.] [sl.] | fressen [pej.] [essen] | |
| Nouns |
| grub [coll.] | 668 Fressen {n} | |
| food | 34 Fressen {n} [Futter] | |
| material tech. galling | 19 Fressen {n} | |
| tech. fretting | 17 Fressen {n} [lokales Verschweißen und Trennen] | |
| dinner [for a pet] | 16 Fressen {n} | |
| biol. feeding | 12 Fressen {n} | |
| guzzling [eating greedily] | 11 Fressen {n} [derb] [pej.] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| zool. to feed on carrion | Aas fressen | |
| to eat away at sth. [corrosion etc.] | an etw.Dat. fressen [Rost etc.] | |
| to rankle sb. | an jdm. fressen [ugs.] [jdm. zu schaffen machen] | |
| zool. to browse leaves | Blätter fressen | |
| sports to pump iron [coll.] [fig.] [do weight training] | Eisen fressen [ugs.] [fig.] [Krafttraining betreiben] | |
| agr. hort. to strip sth. bare [pests] | etw. kahl fressen [Schädlinge] | |
| idiom to stoop low | Kreide fressen [ugs.] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| fish Do sharks eat their own kind? | Fressen Haie ihresgleichen? | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| to eat holes in sth. [bugs, rust] | in etw.Akk. Löcher fressen [Ungeziefer, Rost] | |
| to love sb. to bits [coll.] [idiom] | jdn. zum Fressen gernhaben [ugs.] [Redewendung] | |
| to love sb. to pieces [coll.] [idiom] | jdn. zum Fressen gernhaben [ugs.] [Redewendung] | |
| to work into / through sth. | sich durch etw. fressen [ugs.] [sich vorarbeiten, durcharbeiten] | |
| to eat each other [animals, cannibals] | sich gegenseitig fressen | |
| to eat into sth. | sich in etw. fressen [Säure] | |
| to stuff oneself (with food) [coll.] | sich satt fressen [ugs.] | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| proverb Eat or be eaten. | Fressen oder gefressen werden. | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| to eat like a pig [pej.] | fressen wie ein Schwein [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| idiom to make a pig of oneself [coll.] [pej.] [overeat] | fressen wie ein Schwein [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| to eat out of / from the palm of sb.'s hand [idiom] | jdm. aus der Hand fressen [fig.] [Redewendung] | |
| to curb stomp sb. [Am.] | jdn. (den) Bordstein fressen lassen [ugs.] | |
| to love sb. to bits [coll.] [idiom] | jdn. zum Fressen gern haben [alt] [ugs.] [Redewendung] [auch: jdn. zum Fressen gerne haben] | |
| to eat like a horse [coll.] [idiom] | wie ein Scheunendrescher fressen [ugs.] [Redewendung] | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| bibl. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like ... [Galatians 5:20-21; KJV] | Abgötterei, Zauberei, Feindschaft, Hader, Neid, Zorn, Zank, Zwietracht, Rotten, Haß, Mord, Saufen, Fressen und dergleichen ... [Galater 5,20-21; Luther 1912] | |
| That was just what he is waiting for. | Das war ein gefundenes Fressen für ihn. | |
| proverb Big fish eat little fish. | Die großen Fische fressen die kleinen. | |
| proverb The strong overwhelm the weak. | Die großen Fische fressen die kleinen. [ugs.] | |
| He doesn't have a pot to piss in (nor a window to throw it out). [vulg.] [idiom] | Er kann nicht mal mehr den Kitt aus den Fenstern essen / fressen. [ugs.] [Redewendung] | |
| idiom He won't bite you. | Er wird dich schon nicht fressen. | |
| lit. quote First food, then morals. | Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral. [Bertolt Brecht in der Dreigroschenoper] | |
| quote Grub first, then ethics. | Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral. [Bertolt Brecht] | |
| quote First comes a full stomach, then comes ethics. | Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral. [Bertolt Brecht] | |
| quote I cannot eat as much as I would like to vomit. | Ich kann gar nicht so viel fressen, wie ich kotzen möchte. [Max Liebermann] | |
| proverb He that makes himself a sheep, shall be eaten by the wolf. | Wer sich zum Schaf macht, den fressen die Wölfe. | |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
| to be good fodder for sb./sth. [fig.] [a scandal etc.] | ein gefundenes Fressen für jdn./etw. sein [fig.] | |
| zool. to feed an animal on sth. | einem Tier etw. zu fressen geben | |
| to feed sth. to an animal | einem Tier etw. zu fressen geben | |
| idiom to gorge like there's no tomorrow [coll.] | fressen was das Zeug hält [ugs.] | |
| to eat sb. out of house and home [idiom] | jdm. die Haare vom Kopf fressen [Idiom] | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| film F Critters 4 [Rupert Harvey] | Critters 4 – ...das große Fressen geht weiter | |
| film F The Grande Bouffe [Marco Ferreri] | Das große Fressen | |
| film F Glory at Sea [US title] [Compton Bennett] | Ein Fressen für die Fische | |
| film F The Gift Horse [Compton Bennett] | Ein Fressen für die Fische | |
| film F Two Mules for Sister Sara [Don Siegel] | Ein Fressen für die Geier | |
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