riten

See also: Riten and riten.

Japanese

Romanization

riten

1. Rōmaji transcription of りてん

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *rītan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrītan, from Proto-Germanic *hrītaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːtən/

Verb

riten

1. to rip, to tear

Inflection

Conjugation of riten (strong class 1)

infinitive	base form	riten
	genitive	ritens
	dative	ritene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		rite	rêet		rite	rēte
2nd person singular		rijts, rites	rēets, rētes		rijts, rites	rētes
3rd person singular		rijt, ritet	rêet		rite	rēte
1st person plural		riten	rēten		riten	rēten
2nd person plural		rijt, ritet	rēet, rētet		rijt, ritet	rētet
3rd person plural		riten	rēten		riten	rēten
		imperative
singular		rijt, rite
plural		rijt, ritet
		present	past
participle		ritende	gerēten

Descendants

• Dutch: rijten
• Limburgish: riete

Further reading

• “riten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “riten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German rītan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈriːtən/

Verb

rīten (class 1 strong, third-person singular present rītet, past tense reit, past participle geriten, past subjunctive rite, auxiliary hān)

1. to ride

Conjugation

Conjugation of rīten (class 1 strong, auxiliary hān)

infinitive		rīten
genitive gerund		rītennes rītenes
dative gerund		rītenne rītene
present participle		rītende
past participle		geriten
auxiliary		hān
	indicative			subjunctive
	singular	plural		singular	plural
present	ich rīte	wir rīten	i	ich rīte	wir rīten
	du rītest	ir rītet		du rītest	ir rītet
	ër rītet	sie rītent		ër rīte	sie rīten
preterite	ich reit	wir riten	ii	ich rite	wir riten
	du rite	ir ritet		du ritest	ir ritet
	ër reit	sie riten		ër rite	sie riten
imperative	rīt (du)	rītet (ir)

Composed forms of rīten (class 1 strong, auxiliary hān)

perfect
	singular	plural		singular	plural
indicative	ich hān geriten	wir hān geriten	subjunctive	ich habe geriten	wir haben geriten
	du hāst geriten	ir hāt geriten		du habest geriten	ir habet geriten
	ër hāt geriten	sie hānt geriten		ër habe geriten	sie haben geriten
pluperfect
indicative	ich habete geriten	wir habeten geriten	subjunctive	ich habete geriten	wir habeten geriten
	du habetest geriten	ir habetet geriten		du habetest geriten	ir habetet geriten
	ër habete geriten	sie habeten geriten		ër habete geriten	sie habeten geriten
future i
infinitive	rīten süln		subjunctive i	ich sul rīten	wir suln rīten
				du sule rīten	ir sulet rīten
				ër sul rīten	sie suln rīten
indicative	ich sol rīten	wir sulen rīten	subjunctive ii	ich sölte rīten ich sölde rīten	wir sölten rīten wir sölden rīten
	du solt rīten	ir sulet rīten		du söltest rīten du söldest rīten	ir söltet rīten ir söldet rīten
	ër sol rīten	sie sulen rīten		ër sölte rīten ër sölde rīten	sie sölten rīten sie sölden rīten
future ii
infinitive	geriten hān süln		subjunctive i	ich sul geriten hān	wir suln geriten hān
				du sule geriten hān	ir sulet geriten hān
				ër sul geriten hān	sie suln geriten hān
indicative	ich sol geriten hān	wir sulen geriten hān	subjunctive ii	ich sölte geriten hān ich sölde geriten hān	wir sölten geriten hān wir sölden geriten hān
	du solt geriten hān	ir sulet geriten hān		du söltest geriten hān du söldest geriten hān	ir söltet geriten hān ir söldet geriten hān
	ër sol geriten hān	sie sulen geriten hān		ër sölte geriten hān ër sölde geriten hān	sie sölten geriten hān sie sölden geriten hān

Descendants

• German: reiten

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “riten”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German

Verb

rītēn

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of rītan