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Webster 1913 Edition
Fretten
Fret′ten
,Adj.
[The old p. p. of fret to rub.]
Rubbed; marked;
as, pock-
. fretten
, marked with the smallpox[Obs.]
Wright.
Definition 2024
fretten
fretten
English
Adjective
fretten (comparative more fretten, superlative most fretten)
- (obsolete) Marked.
- pock-fretten (“marked with the smallpox”)
Verb
fretten
- Alternative past participle of fret
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrɛtə(n)/
Etymology 1
Strengthening of vreten, possibly influenced by German fressen (“to eat”).
Noun
fretten
- (transitive, informal) to eat
Inflection
| Inflection of fretten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fretten | |||
| past singular | frette | |||
| past participle | gefret | |||
| infinitive | fretten | |||
| gerund | fretten n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | fret | frette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | fret | frette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | fret | frette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | fret | frette | ||
| 3rd person singular | fret | frette | ||
| plural | fretten | fretten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | frette | frette | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | fretten | fretten | ||
| imperative sing. | fret | |||
| imperative plur.1 | fret | |||
| participles | frettend | gefret | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- opfretten
Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Noun
fretten
- Plural form of fret
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vretten, vreten, from Old High German fratōn
Verb
fretten (third-person singular simple present frettet, past tense frettete, past participle gefrettet, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- abfretten
- auffretten
- dahinfretten
- durchfretten