raden

See also: Appendix:Variations of "raden"

English

Etymology 1

From Japanese 螺鈿.

Noun

raden (uncountable)

  1. The Japanese technique of inserting a board-like material, a cut-out part of the mother-of-pearl inside the shell, into the carved surface of lacquer or wood.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch raden.

Noun

raden

  1. plural of raad

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

raden c

  1. definite singular of rad

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraːdə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -aːdən
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch râden, from Old Dutch rādan, from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

Verb

raden

  1. (transitive) to guess
    Hé! Weet je wat? We spelen een spel! Dus luister goed naar wat ik vertel als ik jou de eerste letter zeg en jij mag het raden!
    Hey! You know what? We [will] play a game! Thus listen good to what I say when I tell you the first letter, and you may guess it [the word]!
  2. (transitive) to advise
Conjugation
Conjugation of raden (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive raden
past singular raadde
past participle geraden
infinitive raden
gerund raden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular raad raadde
2nd person sing. (jij) raadt, raad2 raadde
2nd person sing. (u) raadt raadde
2nd person sing. (gij) raadt raadde
3rd person singular raadt raadde
plural raden raadden
subjunctive sing.1 rade raadde
subjunctive plur.1 raden raadden
imperative sing. raad
imperative plur.1 raadt
participles radend geraden
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Conjugation of raden (strong class 7)
infinitive raden
past singular ried
past participle geraden
infinitive raden
gerund raden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular raad ried
2nd person sing. (jij) raadt, raad2 ried
2nd person sing. (u) raadt ried
2nd person sing. (gij) raadt riedt
3rd person singular raadt ried
plural raden rieden
subjunctive sing.1 rade riede
subjunctive plur.1 raden rieden
imperative sing. raad
imperative plur.1 raadt
participles radend geraden
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Alternative forms
  • (colloquial, dialectal) raaien
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: raai
  • Negerhollands: raad
  • Papiamentu: rei, rai, raai

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • raaden (obsolete)

Noun

raden

  1. plural of raad

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

raden

  1. (obsolete) plural of rad

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦫꦢꦺꦤ꧀ (radèn, title of middle rank male royal descendants), from Old Javanese rahadyan, rahaden, radyan, raden, affixed ra- (His Honour, Your Honour) +‎ hadyan (lord, master).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.dɛn/
  • Rhymes: -dɛn, -ɛn, -n
  • Hyphenation: ra‧den

Noun

raden (plural raden-raden)

  1. (Java) title of royal descendants

Derived terms

  • raden ajeng
  • raden aryo panji
  • raden ayu
  • raden mas
  • raden roro

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

raden

  1. Rōmaji transcription of らでん

Maltese

Root
r-d-n
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَدَن (radan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.dɛn/
  • Rhymes: -adɛn

Noun

raden m

  1. (obsolete) thread

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch rādan, from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

Verb

râden

  1. to ponder, to think over
  2. to discuss, to plan
  3. to advise
  4. to guess

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: raden
  • Limburgish: raoje

Further reading

  • raden”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “raden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle High German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈradən/

Noun

raden

  1. dative plural of rat

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

raden m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of rad

Old Javanese

Noun

raden

  1. alternative spelling of rahadyan (lord, master)

Swedish

Noun

raden

  1. definite singular of rad

Anagrams