fruiten

English

Etymology

From fruit +‎ -en.

Verb

fruiten (third-person singular simple present fruitens, present participle fruitening, simple past and past participle fruitened)

1. (transitive) To make fruitful.
2. (intransitive) To become full of fruit.

Derived terms

• fruitening

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrœy̯.tə(n)/
• Hyphenation: frui‧ten
• Rhymes: -œy̯tən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch fruten, older friten (“to fry”), from Old French frit, past participle of frire (“to fry”). Folk-etymologically influenced by fruit.

Verb

fruiten

1. (ergative) To fry in boiling fat (now chiefly of culinary vegetables in small volumes of fat).

Inflection

Inflection of fruiten (weak)
infinitive	fruiten
past singular	fruitte
past participle	gefruit
infinitive	fruiten
gerund	fruiten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	fruit	fruitte
2nd person sing. (jij)	fruit	fruitte
2nd person sing. (u)	fruit	fruitte
2nd person sing. (gij)	fruit	fruitte
3rd person singular	fruit	fruitte
plural	fruiten	fruitten
subjunctive sing.1	fruite	fruitte
subjunctive plur.1	fruiten	fruitten
imperative sing.	fruit
imperative plur.1	fruit
participles	fruitend	gefruit
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

• fruiteren (outdated)

Derived terms

• fruitertje
• fruitpan

Descendants

• Petjo: fruitjes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fruiten

1. plural of fruit