fretten
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English freten, from Old English freten, ġefreten (“eaten”), past participle of Old English fretan (“to devour, eat up, consume, break, eat into”). More at fret.
Adjective
[edit]fretten (comparative more fretten, superlative most fretten)
- (obsolete) Marked.
- pock-fretten (“marked with the smallpox”)
Verb
[edit]fretten
- alternative past participle of fret
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]fretten
- (transitive, informal) to eat
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of fretten (weak) | ||||
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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
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]fretten
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vret(t)en, vraten, from Old High German *fretten, fratōn (“to chafe, rub”), derived from frat (“sore”). Cognate with Luxembourgish frieden (“to touch”). Further origin unknown. The word cannot be immediately cognate with English fret, which instead corresponds to German fressen. Origin from a derivative of Latin fricāre (cf. Italian frettare) is also unlikely because of the underlying a-vocalism.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fretten (weak, third-person singular present frettet, past tense frettete, past participle gefrettet, auxiliary haben)
- (Austria, Southern Germany, reflexive) to struggle with a very tedious task
- (obsolete) to chafe, make sore
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | fretten | ||||
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present participle | frettend | ||||
past participle | gefrettet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich frette | wir fretten | i | ich frette | wir fretten |
du frettest | ihr frettet | du frettest | ihr frettet | ||
er frettet | sie fretten | er frette | sie fretten | ||
preterite | ich frettete | wir fretteten | ii | ich frettete1 | wir fretteten1 |
du frettetest | ihr frettetet | du frettetest1 | ihr frettetet1 | ||
er frettete | sie fretteten | er frettete1 | sie fretteten1 | ||
imperative | frett (du) frette (du) |
frettet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Verb
[edit]fretten
- Alternative form of freten (“to bind”)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛtən
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛtən/2 syllables
- Dutch terms derived from West Frisian
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch verbs
- Dutch transitive verbs
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- Dutch weak verbs
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
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- Rhymes:German/ɛtn̩
- Rhymes:German/ɛtn̩/2 syllables
- German lemmas
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- Austrian German
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