vreten
Dutch
Alternative forms
- fretten (perhaps a Frisian borrowing)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvreːtə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: vre‧ten
- Rhymes: -eːtən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vrēten, from Old Dutch *fretan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną. Corresponds to ver- + eten and thus represents a doublet of vereten.
Verb
vreten
Conjugation
| Conjugation of vreten (strong class 5) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vreten | |||
| past singular | vrat | |||
| past participle | gevreten | |||
| infinitive | vreten | |||
| gerund | vreten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | vreet | vrat | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | vreet | vrat | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | vreet | vrat | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | vreet | vrat | ||
| 3rd person singular | vreet | vrat | ||
| plural | vreten | vraten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | vrete | vrate | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | vreten | vraten | ||
| imperative sing. | vreet | |||
| imperative plur.1 | vreet | |||
| participles | vretend | gevreten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
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Etymology 2
Gerund of the verb vreten, by analogy with eten.
Noun
vreten n (uncountable)
- (slang) food
Synonyms
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *fretan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan.
Verb
vrēten
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vreten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Verb
vreten
Swedish
Noun
vreten
- definite singular of vret