riten

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See also: Riten and riten.

Japanese

Romanization

riten

  1. Rōmaji transcription of りてん

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *rītan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrītan, from Proto-Germanic *hrītaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

riten

  1. to rip, to tear

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive riten
3rd sg. past rêet
3rd pl. past rēten
Past participle gerēten
Infinitive riten
In genitive ritens
In dative ritene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular rite rêet
2nd singular rijts, rites rēets, rētes
3rd singular rijt, ritet rêet
1st plural riten rēten
2nd plural rijt, ritet rēet, rētet
3rd plural riten rēten
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular rite rēte
2nd singular rijts, rites rētes
3rd singular rite rēte
1st plural riten rēten
2nd plural rijt, ritet rētet
3rd plural riten rēten
Imperative Present
Singular rijt, rite
Plural rijt, ritet
Present Past
Participle ritende gerēten

Descendants

  • Dutch: rijten
  • Limburgish: riete

Further reading

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German rītan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈriːtən/

Verb

rīten (class 1 strong, third-person singular present rītet, past tense reit, past participle geriten, past subjunctive rite, auxiliary hān)

  1. to ride

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “riten”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel