fruiten

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English

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Etymology

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From fruit +‎ -en.

Verb

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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

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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fruiten

  1. (ergative) to fry in boiling fat (now chiefly of culinary vegetables in small volumes of fat)
    Synonym: (dated) fruiteren
Conjugation
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Conjugation 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.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Petjo: fruitjes

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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fruiten

  1. plural of fruit