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
Inflection edit
Inflection 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 German, 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”)