tredan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Verb

tredan

1. to tread

Inflection

Conjugation of tredan (strong class 5)

infinitive	tredan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	tredu	trad
2nd person singular	tredis, tredist	trādi
3rd person singular	tredit	trad
1st person plural	tredon	trādun
2nd person plural	tredet	trādut
3rd person plural	tredunt	trādun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	trede	trādi
2nd person singular	tredes, tredest	trādis, trādist
3rd person singular	trede	trādi
1st person plural	treden	trādin
2nd person plural	tredet	trādit
3rd person plural	tredent	trādint
imperative	present
singular	tred
plural	tredet
participle	present	past
	tredandi	tred

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: trēden
  • Dutch: treden
  • Limburgish: traeje

Further reading

• “tredan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtre.dɑn/

Verb

tredan

1. to step on, trample

Conjugation

Conjugation of tredan (strong class 5)

infinitive	tredan	tredenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	trede	træd
second person singular	tritst	trǣde
third person singular	tritt, trit	træd
plural	tredaþ	trǣdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	trede	trǣde
plural	treden	trǣden
imperative
singular	tred
plural	tredaþ
participle	present	past
	tredende	(ġe)treden

Derived terms

• betredan
• fortredan

Descendants

• Middle English: treden
  • English: tread

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Verb

tredan

1. to tread

Conjugation

Conjugation of tredan (strong class 5)

infinitive	tredan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	tridu	trad
2nd person singular	tridis	trādi
3rd person singular	tridid	trad
plural	tredad	trādun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	trede	trādi
2nd person singular	tredes	trādis
3rd person singular	trede	trādi
plural	treden	trādin
imperative	present
singular	tred
plural	tredad
participle	present	past
	tridandi	gitredan, tredan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: treden
  • Danish: træde
  • Low German: treden
  • Swedish: träda