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-Germanic *fraetaną. Corresponds to ver- +‎ eten.

Verb

vreten

  1. (transitive) to eat savagely, stuff
Inflection
Inflection 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 vreetvrat
2nd person sing. (jij) vreetvrat
2nd person sing. (u) vreetvrat
2nd person sing. (gij) vreetvrat
3rd person singular vreetvrat
plural vretenvraten
subjunctive sing.1 vretevrate
subjunctive plur.1 vretenvraten
imperative sing. vreet
imperative plur.1 vreet
participles vretendgevreten
1) Archaic.
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Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb vreten, by analogy with eten.

Noun

vreten n (uncountable)

  1. (slang) food
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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *fretan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną.

Verb

vrēten

  1. to eat savagely or greedily

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading
  • “vreten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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