treden

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtreːdə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: tre‧den
  • Rhymes: -eːdən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch trēden, from Old Dutch tredan, from Proto-Germanic *tredaną, earlier *trudaną.

Verb

treden

  1. (intransitive) to tread, step
Inflection
Inflection of treden (strong class 5)
infinitive treden
past singular trad
past participle getreden
infinitive treden
gerund treden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular treedtrad
2nd person sing. (jij) treedttrad
2nd person sing. (u) treedttrad
2nd person sing. (gij) treedttraadt
3rd person singular treedttrad
plural tredentraden
subjunctive sing.1 tredetrade
subjunctive plur.1 tredentraden
imperative sing. treed
imperative plur.1 treedt
participles tredendgetreden
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

treden

  1. Plural form of tred

Noun

treden

  1. Plural form of trede
  2. Plural form of tree

Anagrams


Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch tredan, from Proto-Germanic *tredaną, earlier *trudaną.

Verb

trēden

  1. to tread, to step
  2. to tread/step on

Inflection

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Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: treden
  • Limburgish: traeje

Further reading

  • terden”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • treden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɛːdən/

Verb

treden

  1. To place one's foot on something; to lay a step on something:
    1. To stomp or walk with great force; to crush underfoot or trample upon.
    2. To compress or process by stomping or trampling.
    3. To leave a mark or trail by placing one's feet.
  2. To travel or go somewhere on foot; to journey.
  3. To walk or move atop or on a surface or thing.
  4. To ruin or devastate; to bring to destruction.
  5. To debase or humiliate; to bring someone low.
  6. To have sex; to copulate (used of male birds)
  7. (rare) To look for; to search or try to find.
Conjugation
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From tred + -en (plural suffix)

Noun

treden

  1. plural of tred
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