vreten
Dutch
Alternative forms
- fretten (perhaps a Frisian borrowing)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvreːtə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: vre‧ten
- Rhymes: -eːtən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vrēten, from Old Dutch *fretan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną. Corresponds to ver- + eten.
Verb
vreten
- (transitive) to eat savagely, stuff
Inflection
| Inflection of vreten (strong class 5) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vreten | |||
| past singular | vrat | |||
| past participle | gevreten | |||
| infinitive | vreten | |||
| gerund | vreten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | vreet | vrat | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | vreet | vrat | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | vreet | vrat | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | vreet | vrat | ||
| 3rd person singular | vreet | vrat | ||
| plural | vreten | vraten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | vrete | vrate | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | vreten | vraten | ||
| imperative sing. | vreet | |||
| imperative plur.1 | vreet | |||
| participles | vretend | gevreten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- eten
- (Brabantian) fretten
Derived terms
- aanvreten
- kettervreter
- opvreten
- veelvraat
- vraat
- vraatzucht
- vreter
Descendants
- Afrikaans: vreet
- Petjo: freten, vreten
Etymology 2
Gerund of the verb vreten, by analogy with eten.
Noun
vreten n (uncountable)
- (slang) food
Synonyms
- eten
- (Brabantian) fret
Anagrams
- venter
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *fretan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan.
Verb
vrēten
- to eat savagely or greedily
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: vreten
- Afrikaans: vreet
- Limburgish: vraete
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vreten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Verb
vreten
- (Southern, Kent) Alternative form of freten (“to eat”)
Swedish
Noun
vreten
- definite singular of vret.