vrees

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frɪəs/

Etymology 1

From Dutch vrees

Noun

vrees (plural vrese)

  1. fear, apprehension

Etymology 2

From Dutch vrezen

Verb

vrees (present vrees, present participle vreesende, past participle gevrees)

  1. to fear, to dread, to apprehend

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vrese, from Old Dutch frēsa, from Proto-Germanic *fraisō (“danger”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

vrees f (uncountable)

  1. fear, apprehension, angst

Derived terms

Verb

vrees

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vrezen
  2. imperative of vrezen

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