English edit

Etymology edit

From fruit +‎ -en.

Verb edit

fruiten (third-person singular simple present fruitens, present participle fruitening, simple past and past participle fruitened)

  1. (transitive) To make fruitful.
  2. (intransitive) To become full of fruit.

Derived terms edit

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch fruten, older friten (to fry), from Old French frit, past participle of frire (to fry). Folk-etymologically influenced by fruit.

Verb edit

fruiten

  1. (ergative) To fry in boiling fat (now chiefly of culinary vegetables in small volumes of fat).
Inflection edit
Inflection of fruiten (weak)
infinitive fruiten
past singular fruitte
past participle gefruit
infinitive fruiten
gerund fruiten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular fruit fruitte
2nd person sing. (jij) fruit fruitte
2nd person sing. (u) fruit fruitte
2nd person sing. (gij) fruit fruitte
3rd person singular fruit fruitte
plural fruiten fruitten
subjunctive sing.1 fruite fruitte
subjunctive plur.1 fruiten fruitten
imperative sing. fruit
imperative plur.1 fruit
participles fruitend gefruit
1) Archaic.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Petjo: fruitjes

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

fruiten

  1. plural of fruit