fruiten (third-person singular simple present fruitens, present participle fruitening, simple past and past participle fruitened)
From Middle Dutch fruten, older friten (“to fry”), from Old French frit, past participle of frire (“to fry”). Folk-etymologically influenced by fruit.
fruiten
| Conjugation of fruiten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fruiten | |||
| past singular | fruitte | |||
| past participle | gefruit | |||
| infinitive | fruiten | |||
| gerund | fruiten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | fruit | fruitte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | fruit | fruitte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | fruit | fruitte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | fruit | fruitte | ||
| 3rd person singular | fruit | fruitte | ||
| plural | fruiten | fruitten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | fruite | fruitte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | fruiten | fruitten | ||
| imperative sing. | fruit | |||
| imperative plur.1 | fruit | |||
| participles | fruitend | gefruit | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
fruiten