vruchten

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʏxtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vruchten, from Old Dutch *furhten, forhten, from Proto-West Germanic *furhtijan, from Proto-Germanic *furhtijaną.

Verb

vruchten

1. (archaic) to fear

Inflection

Conjugation of vruchten (weak)
infinitive	vruchten
past singular	vruchtte
past participle	gevrucht
infinitive	vruchten
gerund	vruchten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	vrucht	vruchtte
2nd person sing. (jij)	vrucht	vruchtte
2nd person sing. (u)	vrucht	vruchtte
2nd person sing. (gij)	vrucht	vruchtte
3rd person singular	vrucht	vruchtte
plural	vruchten	vruchtten
subjunctive sing.1	vruchte	vruchtte
subjunctive plur.1	vruchten	vruchtten
imperative sing.	vrucht
imperative plur.1	vrucht
participles	vruchtend	gevrucht
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

• vrezen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vruchten

1. plural of vrucht

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *furhten, forhten, from Proto-West Germanic *furhtijan.

Verb

vruchten

1. to fear

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• vrochten
• vorchten (Limburgish)

Descendants

• Dutch: vruchten
• Limburgish: vörchte

Further reading

• “vruchten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vruchten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN