Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtreːdə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: tre‧den
  • Rhymes: -eːdən

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch trēden, from Old Dutch tredan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną. Cognate with English tread.

Verb edit

treden

  1. (intransitive) to tread, step
Inflection edit
Inflection of treden (strong class 5)
infinitive treden
past singular trad
past participle getreden
infinitive treden
gerund treden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular treed trad
2nd person sing. (jij) treedt trad
2nd person sing. (u) treedt trad
2nd person sing. (gij) treedt traadt
3rd person singular treedt trad
plural treden traden
subjunctive sing.1 trede trade
subjunctive plur.1 treden traden
imperative sing. treed
imperative plur.1 treedt
participles tredend getreden
1) Archaic.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

treden

  1. plural of tred

Noun edit

treden

  1. plural of trede
  2. plural of tree

Anagrams edit

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch tredan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Verb edit

trēden

  1. to tread, to step
  2. to tread/step on

Inflection edit

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Alternative forms edit

Descendants edit

  • Dutch: treden
  • Limburgish: traeje

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English tredan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

treden

  1. To place one's foot on something; to lay a step on something:
    1. To stomp or walk with great force; to crush underfoot or trample upon.
    2. To compress or process by stomping or trampling.
    3. To leave a mark or trail by placing one's feet.
  2. To travel or go somewhere on foot; to journey.
  3. To walk or move atop or on a surface or thing.
  4. To ruin or devastate; to bring to destruction.
  5. To debase or humiliate; to bring someone low.
  6. To have sex; to copulate (used of male birds)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
  7. (rare) To look for; to search or try to find.
Conjugation edit
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Descendants edit
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Etymology 2 edit

From tred +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun edit

treden

  1. plural of tred

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Participle edit

treden (neuter trede or tredi, definite singular and plural tredne)

  1. (non-standard since 1991) past participle of tre, treda and trede
  2. (non-standard since 1985) past participle of trå (Etymology 3)

Anagrams edit

Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

treden

  1. first/second/third-person plural present subjunctive of tredan

Participle edit

treden

  1. past participle of tredan

Alternative forms edit