fretten

English

Etymology

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

fretten (comparative more fretten, superlative most fretten)

  1. (obsolete) Marked.
    pock-fretten (marked with the smallpox)

Verb

fretten

  1. Alternative past participle of fret

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɛtə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtən

Etymology 1

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

fretten

  1. (transitive, informal) to eat
Inflection
Inflection of fretten (weak)
infinitive fretten
past singular frette
past participle gefret
infinitive fretten
gerund fretten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular fretfrette
2nd person sing. (jij) fretfrette
2nd person sing. (u) fretfrette
2nd person sing. (gij) fretfrette
3rd person singular fretfrette
plural frettenfretten
subjunctive sing.1 frettefrette
subjunctive plur.1 frettenfretten
imperative sing. fret
imperative plur.1 fret
participles frettendgefret
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • opfretten

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

fretten

  1. Plural form of fret

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vretten, vreten, from Old High German fratōn

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

fretten (third-person singular simple present frettet, past tense frettete, past participle gefrettet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (Austria, southern Germany, reflexive) to struggle with a very tedious task

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • abfretten
  • auffretten
  • dahinfretten
  • durchfretten

Further reading

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