vreten

Dutch

Alternative forms

• fretten (perhaps a Frisian borrowing)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvreːtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: vre‧ten
• Rhymes: -eːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vrēten, from Old Dutch *fretan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną. Corresponds to ver- +‎ eten.

Verb

vreten

1. (transitive) to eat savagely, stuff

Inflection

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.

Synonyms

• eten
• (Brabantian) fretten

Derived terms

• aanvreten
• kettervreter
• opvreten
• veelvraat
• vraat
• vraatzucht
• vreter

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vreet

Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb vreten, by analogy with eten.

Noun

vreten n (uncountable)

1. (slang) food

Synonyms

• eten
• (Brabantian) fret

Anagrams

• venter

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *fretan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną.

Verb

vrēten

1. to eat savagely or greedily

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: vreten, fretten
  • Afrikaans: vreet
• Limburgish: vraete, veraete

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vreten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN