vreten
Dutch
Alternative forms
- fretten (perhaps a Frisian borrowing)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vrēten, from Old Dutch *fretan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną. Corresponds to ver- + eten.
Verb
vreten
- (transitive) to eat savagely, stuff
Inflection
Conjugation of vreten (strong class 5) | ||||
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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
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: vreet
Etymology 2
Gerund of the verb vreten, by analogy with eten.
Noun
vreten n (uncountable)
Synonyms
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *fretan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną.
Verb
vrēten
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vreten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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