treden

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch trēden, from Old Dutch tredan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną. Cognate with English tread.

Verb

treden

  1. (intransitive) to tread, step
Conjugation
Conjugation 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 treed trad
2nd person sing. (jij) treedt, treed2 trad
2nd person sing. (u) treedt trad
2nd person sing. (gij) treedt traadt
3rd person singular treedt trad
plural treden traden
subjunctive sing.1 trede trade
subjunctive plur.1 treden traden
imperative sing. treed
imperative plur.1 treedt
participles tredend getreden
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

treden

  1. plural of tred

Noun

treden

  1. plural of trede
  2. plural of tree

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

trēden

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

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: treden
  • Limburgish: traeje

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tredan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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)
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  7. (rare) To look for; to search or try to find.
Conjugation
Conjugation of treden (strong class 5/4)
infinitive (to) treden, trede
present tense past tense
1st-person singular trede trad, tred
2nd-person singular tredest trede, trade, trad, tred
3rd-person singular tredeth trad, tred
subjunctive singular trede trede1, trade1
imperative singular —
plural2 treden, trede treden, trede, traden, trade
imperative plural tredeth, trede —
participles tredynge, tredende treden, trede, troden, trode, ytrode, ytrede

1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From tred +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

treden

  1. plural of tred

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

treden (neuter trede or tredi, definite singular and plural tredne)

  1. (non-standard since 1991) past participle of tre, treda and trede
  2. (non-standard since 1985) past participle of trå (Etymology 3)

Anagrams

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

treden

  1. first/second/third-person plural present subjunctive of tredan

Participle

treden

  1. past participle of tredan

Alternative forms

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