laden

English

Etymology

See lade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪdən/, (colloquial) /ˈleɪdn̩/

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• Rhymes: -eɪdən

Adjective

laden (comparative more laden, superlative most laden)

1. Weighed down with a load, burdened.
   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

     The other men were variously burthened; some carrying picks and shovels—for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the Hispaniola—others laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal.

2. Heavy.

   His comments were laden with deeper meaning.

3. Oppressed.
   • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., , , →OCLC, page 0016:

     Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].

4. (chemistry) In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.

   Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

laden

1. past participle of lade

Related terms

• ladle
• ballast
• larboard

Anagrams

• Alden, Dalen, Eland, Nadel, Nelda, eland, lande, laned, lean'd, naled

Danish

Noun

laden c

1. definite singular of lade
2. verbal noun to lade (singular definite form only), letting, having, making, seeming, pretending
3. verbal noun to lade (singular definite form only), loading, charging

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːdə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: la‧den
• Rhymes: -aːdən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lāden, from Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.

Verb

laden

1. to load (cargo, a weapon, data)
2. to charge (with electricity)

Inflection

Derived terms

• laadpaal
• laadstation
• laadschop
• beladen
• herladen
• inladen
• opladen
• overladen
• uitladen

Descendants

• Negerhollands: ladin
• Petjo: lajen
• → Caribbean Hindustani: láde
• → Saramaccan: lái
• → Sranan Tongo: lai
  • → Lokono: laidin

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch lāden, from Old Dutch lathon, from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn (“to call”), from Proto-Germanic *laþōną (“to call”).

Verb

laden

1. (archaic) to convocate
2. (archaic) to invite

Inflection

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

laden

1. plural of lade
2. plural of la

Anagrams

• dalen, eland, lande

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːdən/, ,
• Hyphenation: la‧den

Etymology 1

From Middle High German laden (strong verb), from Old High German hladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan. Compare English laden.

Verb

laden (class 6 strong, third-person singular present lädt, past tense lud, past participle geladen, past subjunctive lüde, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to load (something) e.g. into a container or onto a vehicle, to load up

   Antonyms: abladen, ausladen, herausholen, herausnehmen, herunternehmen, löschen

2. (transitive, intransitive, weaponry) to load (some weapon)
3. (transitive, computing) to load (some data) from a store
4. (transitive, computing) to download from a network
5. (transitive, engineering) to charge (a battery or capacitor) with electricity

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to load up): aufbürden, aufladen, auflasten, aufnehmen, aufpacken, befrachten, beladen, bepacken, beschweren, einladen, stauen, unterbringen, verladen, verstauen, vollladen, vollpacken
• (to load a weapon): nachladen
• (to download): downloaden, herunterladen, runterladen, übertragen
• (to charge): aufladen, elektrisieren

Derived terms

Related terms

• Lade
• Laden
• Lader
• Ladung
• lästig

Etymology 2

From Middle High German laden (weak verb, but also strong) from Old High German ladon, from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn.

Verb

laden (class 6 strong, third-person singular present lädt, past tense lud, past participle geladen, past subjunctive lüde, auxiliary haben)

2. (transitive) to invite

   Synonym: einladen

3. (transitive, law) to summon

Usage notes

• In historical texts, weak forms such as ladest, ladet, ladete and geladet are also found.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ausladen
• einladen
• vorladen

Related terms

• Laden

Further reading

• “laden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “laden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “laden” in Duden online
• “laden” in Duden online

Anagrams

• lande, Lande, Nadel

Low German

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon hladan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːdn̩/, /ˈlaːdən/

Verb

laden (past singular laad, past participle laadt or laden, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to load (something) e.g. into a container or onto a vehicle, to load up
2. (transitive, intransitive, weaponry) to load (some weapon)
3. (transitive, computing) to load (some data) from a store
4. (transitive, computing) to download from a network
5. (transitive, engineering) to charge (a battery or capacitor) with electricity

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to load up): opsacken, opladen, oppuckeln, oplasten, opnehmen, oppacken, befrachten, beladen, bepacken, inladen, stauen, ünnerbringen, verladen, verstauen, vullladen, vullpacken
• (to load a weapon): naladen
• (to download): downloaden, rünnerladen, överdregen
• (to charge): opladen, elektriseren

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "to load up"): afladen, utladen, ruthalen, rutnehmen, rünnernehmen, löschen

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon lathōn.

Verb

laden (past singular laad, past participle laadt or laden, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (transitive) to invite (someone)
2. (transitive, law) to summon

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to invite): inladen

Derived terms

• utladen
• inladen
• vörladen

Malay

Verb

laden

1. to serve, attend

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan.

Verb

lāden

2. to load (goods)
3. to load (onto a beast of burden)
4. to burden (with a task)

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: laden
• Limburgish: laaje

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch lathon, from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn (“to call”).

Verb

lāden

2. (eastern) to call, to summon

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: laden

Further reading

• “laden”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “laden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “laden (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II