frischen
German, verb[ˈfʁɪʃn̩]
frischen is spelled F-R-I-S-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 5,929th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frischen is a German verb meaning “to refine pig iron into steel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of frisch. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Roheisen durch Oxidation der begleitenden Bestandteile in Stahl umwandeln”.
What does frischen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to refine pig iron into steel
- 2
to farrow
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Roheisen durch Oxidation der begleitenden Bestandteile in Stahl umwandeln 2. (bei Wildschweinen) Junge werfen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of frischen
- frischt present singular third-person
- frischte past
- gefrischt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- frischend participle present
- frische first-person indicative present
- frischst indicative present second-person
- frischest second-person singular subjunctive
- frischet plural second-person subjunctive
- frischten first-person indicative plural
- frischtest indicative preterite second-person
- frischtet indicative plural preterite
- frisch imperative second-person singular
- habe gefrischt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- frische! imperative singular
- frischt! imperative plural
- gefrischt haben active infinitive perfect
- gefrischt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frischen?
- [ˈfʁɪʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is frischen in German?
frischen appears 12 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).