driten

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word driten. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word driten, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say driten in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word driten you have here. The definition of the word driten will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofdriten, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną.

Verb

driten

  1. to defecate

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive driten
3rd sg. past drêet
3rd pl. past drēten
Past participle gedrēten
Infinitive driten
In genitive dritens
In dative dritene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular drite drêet
2nd singular drijts, drites drēets, drētes
3rd singular drijt, dritet drêet
1st plural driten drēten
2nd plural drijt, dritet drēet, drētet
3rd plural driten drēten
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular drite drēte
2nd singular drijts, drites drētes
3rd singular drite drēte
1st plural driten drēten
2nd plural drijt, dritet drētet
3rd plural driten drēten
Imperative Present
Singular drijt, drite
Plural drijt, dritet
Present Past
Participle dritende gedrēten

Descendants

  • Dutch: drijten

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

driten (neuter drite, definite singular and plural dritne)

  1. past participle of drita and drite
  2. dirty