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Webster 1913 Edition


Laden

Lad′en

,
p.
&
Adj.
Loaded; freighted; burdened;
as, a
laden
vessel; a
laden
heart.
Ah sinful nation, a people
laden
with iniquity.
Is. i. 4.
A ship
laden
with gold.
Shakespeare

Definition 2024


Laden

Laden

See also: laden and Läden

German

Noun

Laden m (genitive Ladens, plural Läden)

  1. shop
  2. shutter (window shutter)

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laden

laden

See also: Laden and Läden

English

Adjective

laden (comparative more laden, superlative most laden)

  1. Weighed down with a load, burdened.
    • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
      The other men were variously burthened; some carrying picks and shovelsfor that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the Hispaniolaothers laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal.
  2. Heavy.
    His comments were laden with deeper meaning.
  3. Oppressed.
    • 1915, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger, chapter I:
      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.

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Verb

laden

  1. past participle of lade

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Danish

Noun

laden c

  1. singular definite 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

  • Rhymes: -aːdən

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną, whence also Old Norse hlaða. Cognate with German laden and English lade.

Verb

(standard) laden
(archaic) laden

  1. to load (cargo)
  2. to load (a weapon)
  3. to load (data)
  4. to charge (with electricity)
Derived terms

Noun

laden

  1. Plural form of lade

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laþōną (to call). Cognate with German laden (to summon; to invite).

Verb

laden

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

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːdən/, [-dən], [-dn̩]
  • Hyphenation: la‧den

Etymology 1

Middle High German ladan, from Old High German hladan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną, whence also Old Norse hlaða.

Verb

laden (class 6 strong, third-person singular simple 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
  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
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Etymology 2

From Middle High German laden, from Old High German ladon, from Proto-Germanic *laþōną. More at lathe.

Verb

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

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

Etymology 1

From Old Saxon hladan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną. Cognate with Dutch and German laden, English load.

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
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  • (to load up): afladen, utladen, ruthalen, rutnehmen, rünnernehmen, löschen

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Etymology 2

From Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon lathōn, from Proto-Germanic *laþōną. More at lathe.

Verb

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

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

Verb

laden

  1. to serve, attend