vrees

• IPA^(key): /frɪəs/

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

vrees (plural vrese)

1. fear, apprehension

From Dutch vrezen, from Middle Dutch vrêsen, from Old Dutch *frēson, from Proto-Germanic *fraisōną.

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

1. to fear, to dread, to apprehend

• IPA^(key): /vreːs/

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• Hyphenation: vrees
• Rhymes: -eːs

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

vrees f (plural vrezen)

1. (chiefly uncountable) fear, apprehension, angst

• vrezen

• Afrikaans: vrees
• Negerhollands: vrees

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vrees

1. inflection of vrezen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

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