fretten

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English freten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English freten, ġefreten (“eaten”), past participle of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English fretan (“to devour, eat up, consume, break, eat into”). More at fret.

Adjective

fretten (comparative more fretten, superlative most fretten)

1. (obsolete) Marked.

   pock-fretten (“marked with the smallpox”)

Verb

fretten

1. alternative past participle of fret

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛtə(n)/
• Rhymes: -ɛtən

Etymology 1

Variant of vreten (“to eat”), possibly from cognate West Frisian frette or influenced by other cognate forms (compare German fressen, Westphalian Low German friätten, northern Low German frett, third-person singular of freten).

Noun

fretten

1. (transitive, informal) to eat

Inflection

Conjugation of fretten (weak)
infinitive	fretten
past singular	frette
past participle	gefret
infinitive	fretten
gerund	fretten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	fret	frette
2nd person sing. (jij)	fret	frette
2nd person sing. (u)	fret	frette
2nd person sing. (gij)	fret	frette
3rd person singular	fret	frette
plural	fretten	fretten
subjunctive sing.1	frette	frette
subjunctive plur.1	fretten	fretten
imperative sing.	fret
imperative plur.1	fret
participles	frettend	gefret
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• opfretten

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fretten

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of fret

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German vretten, vreten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German fratōn

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛtn̩

Verb

1. (Austria, Southern Germany, reflexive) to struggle with a very tedious task

Derived terms

• abfretten
• auffretten
• dahinfretten
• durchfretten

Further reading

• “fretten” in Duden online