See also: Laden, laděn, and Läden

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Etymology

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See lade.

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Adjective

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laden (comparative more laden, superlative most laden)

  1. Weighed down with a load, burdened.
    • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
      The other men were variously burthened; some carrying picks and shovels—for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the Hispaniola—others laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal.
  2. Heavy.
    His comments were laden with deeper meaning.
    • 1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 13:
      When applied to other persons, the idea of comfort is an intuitive measure of trustworthiness, reliability, and predictability in a polycentric world that managers often find troubling, ambiguous, and anxiety-laden.
  3. Oppressed.
    • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., [], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:
      Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; [].
  4. (chemistry) In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.
    Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas.

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Verb

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laden

  1. past participle of lade

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laden (third-person singular simple present ladens, present participle ladening, simple past and past participle ladened)

  1. (archaic, poetic) To load or charge.
    • 1889, The Yale Literary Magazine, volume 54, number 8, page 357:
      The grass is smoothly cut; the trees are carefully pruned; the flowers, ladening the dreamy air with their perfume, are arranged in studied groups of exquisitely blended colors.
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Danish

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Noun

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laden c

  1. definite singular of lade
  2. verbal noun to lade (singular definite form only), letting, having, making, seeming, pretending
  3. verbal noun to lade (singular definite form only), loading, charging

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch lāden, from Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.

Verb

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laden

  1. to load (cargo, a weapon, data)
  2. to charge (with electricity)
Conjugation
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Conjugation of laden (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive laden
past singular laadde
past participle geladen
infinitive laden
gerund laden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular laad laadde
2nd person sing. (jij) laadt, laad2 laadde
2nd person sing. (u) laadt laadde
2nd person sing. (gij) laadt laadde
3rd person singular laadt laadde
plural laden laadden
subjunctive sing.1 lade laadde
subjunctive plur.1 laden laadden
imperative sing. laad
imperative plur.1 laadt
participles ladend geladen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: ladin
  • Petjo: lajen
  • Caribbean Hindustani: láde
  • Saramaccan: lái
  • Sranan Tongo: lai

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch lāden, from Old Dutch lathon, from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn (to call), from Proto-Germanic *laþōną (to call).

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laden

  1. (archaic) to convocate
  2. (archaic) to invite
Conjugation
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Conjugation of laden (weak)
infinitive laden
past singular laadde
past participle gelaad
infinitive laden
gerund laden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular laad laadde
2nd person sing. (jij) laadt, laad2 laadde
2nd person sing. (u) laadt laadde
2nd person sing. (gij) laadt laadde
3rd person singular laadt laadde
plural laden laadden
subjunctive sing.1 lade laadde
subjunctive plur.1 laden laadden
imperative sing. laad
imperative plur.1 laadt
participles ladend gelaad
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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laden

  1. plural of lade
  2. plural of la

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːdən/, [-dən], [-dn̩]
  • Hyphenation: la‧den

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German laden (strong verb), from Old High German hladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan. Compare English laden.

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laden (class 6 strong, third-person singular present lädt, past tense lud, past participle geladen, past subjunctive lüde, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to load (something) e.g. into a container or onto a vehicle, to load up
    Antonyms: abladen, ausladen, herausholen, herausnehmen, herunternehmen, löschen
  2. (transitive, intransitive, weaponry) to load (some weapon)
  3. (transitive, computing) to load (some data) from a store
  4. (transitive, computing) to download from a network
  5. (transitive, engineering) to charge (a battery or capacitor) with electricity
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Etymology 2

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From Middle High German laden (weak verb, but also strong) from Old High German ladon, from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn.

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laden (class 6 strong, third-person singular present lädt, past tense lud, past participle geladen, past subjunctive lüde, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to invite
    Synonym: einladen
  2. (transitive, law) to summon
Usage notes
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  • In historical texts, weak forms such as ladest, ladet, ladete and geladet are also found.
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Further reading

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  • laden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • laden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • laden” in Duden online
  • laden” in Duden online

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Indonesian

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laden

  1. (intransitive) to respond
  2. (transitive, figurative) to serve

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Low German

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon hladan.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːdn̩/, /ˈlaːdən/

Verb

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laden (past singular laad, past participle laadt or laden, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to load (something) e.g. into a container or onto a vehicle, to load up
  2. (transitive, intransitive, weaponry) to load (some weapon)
  3. (transitive, computing) to load (some data) from a store
  4. (transitive, computing) to download from a network
  5. (transitive, engineering) to charge (a battery or capacitor) with electricity
Conjugation
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Conjugation of laden (weak verb with strong past participle)
infinitive laden
present preterite
1st person singular laad laad
2nd person singular laadst laadst
3rd person singular laadt laad
plural laadt laden
imperative
singular laad
plural laadt
present past
participle laden laadt/laden

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

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Etymology 2

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From Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon lathōn.

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laden (past singular laad, past participle laadt or laden, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive) to invite (someone)
  2. (transitive, law) to summon
Conjugation
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Conjugation of laden (weak verb with strong past participle)
infinitive laden
present preterite
1st person singular laad laad
2nd person singular laadst laadst
3rd person singular laadt laad
plural laadt laden
imperative
singular laad
plural laadt
present past
participle laden laadt/laden

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

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Malay

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laden

  1. to serve, attend

Middle Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan.

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lāden

  1. to load (goods)
  2. to load (onto a beast of burden)
  3. to burden (with a task)
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Conjugation of lāden (strong)
infinitive base form lāden
genitive lādens
dative lādene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular lāde lōot lāde lōde
2nd person singular lāets, lādes lōots, lōdes lāets, lādes lōdes
3rd person singular lāet, lādet lōot lāde lōde
1st person plural lāden lōden lāden lōden
2nd person plural lāet, lādet lōot, lōdet lāet, lādet lōdet
3rd person plural lāden lōden lāden lōden
imperative
singular lat, lāet, lāde
plural lāet, lādet
present past
participle lādende gelōden
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Etymology 2

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From Old Dutch lathon, from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn (to call).

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lāden

  1. (eastern) to call, to summon
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Conjugation of lāden (strong)
infinitive base form lāden
genitive lādens
dative lādene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular lāde lōot lāde lōde
2nd person singular lāets, lādes lōots, lōdes lāets, lādes lōdes
3rd person singular lāet, lādet lōot lāde lōde
1st person plural lāden lōden lāden lōden
2nd person plural lāet, lādet lōot, lōdet lāet, lādet lōdet
3rd person plural lāden lōden lāden lōden
imperative
singular lat, lāet, lāde
plural lāet, lādet
present past
participle lādende gelōden
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