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-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną. Corresponds to ver- +‎ eten and thus represents a doublet of vereten.

Verb

vreten

1. (transitive) to eat savagely, stuff, hog, wolf

   Synonyms: eten, kanen, fretten (Brabantian)

Conjugation

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.

Derived terms

• aanvreten
• kettervreter
• opvreten
• vreetzak
• vreter

 

Related terms

• vraat

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vreet
• Petjo: freten, vreten

Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb vreten, by analogy with eten.

Noun

vreten n (uncountable)

1. (slang) food

Synonyms

• eten
• (Brabantian) fret

Anagrams

• venter

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *fretan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan.

Verb

vrēten

1. to eat savagely or greedily

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: vreten
  • Afrikaans: vreet
• Limburgish: vraete

Further reading

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

Middle English

Verb

vreten

1. (Southern, Kent) Alternative form of freten (“to eat”)

Swedish

Noun

vreten

1. definite singular of vret