treden
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtreːdə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: tre‧den
- Rhymes: -eːdən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch trēden, from Old Dutch tredan, from Proto-Germanic *tredaną, earlier *trudaną.
Inflection
Inflection of treden (strong class 5) | ||||
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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
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch tredan, from Proto-Germanic *tredaną, earlier *trudaną.
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- terden (with metathesis)
Descendants
- Dutch: treden
- Limburgish: traeje
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English tredan, from Proto-Germanic *tredaną, a regularised form of earlier *trudaną; a cognate of Middle Low German trēden, Middle Dutch trēden, and Middle High German treten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrɛːdən/
Verb
treden
- To place one's foot on something; to lay a step on something:
- To travel or go somewhere on foot; to journey.
- To walk or move atop or on a surface or thing.
- To ruin or devastate; to bring to destruction.
- To debase or humiliate; to bring someone low.
- To have sex; to copulate (used of male birds)
- (rare) To look for; to search or try to find.
Conjugation
Conjugation of treden (strong class 5)
infinitive | (to) treden | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | trede | trade, trede, trode |
2nd person singular | tredest | trede, trode, *tradest |
3rd person singular | tredeþ, tredeth | trade, trede, trode |
plural | treden | trede(n), trode(n) |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | trede | trade, trede, trode |
plural | treden | trede(n), trode(n) |
imperative | present | |
singular | trede | |
plural | tredeþ, tredeth | |
participle | present | past |
tredende, tredinge | trede(n), trode(n) |
References
- “trēden (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-3.
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