different between terms vs fretten

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Etymology

From Middle English freten, from Old English freten, ?efreten (“eaten”), past participle of Old English fretan (“to devour, eat up, consume, break, eat into”). More at fret.

Adjective

fretten (comparative more fretten, superlative most fretten)

1. (obsolete) Marked.

   pock-fretten (“marked with the smallpox”)

Verb

fretten

1. alternative past participle of fret

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fr?t?(n)/
• Rhymes: -?t?n

Etymology 1

Variant of vreten (“to eat”), possibly from cognate West Frisian frette or influenced by other cognate forms (compare German fressen, Westphalian Low German friätten, northern Low German frett, third-person singular of freten).

Noun

fretten

1. (transitive, informal) to eat

Inflection

Derived terms

• opfretten

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

fretten

1. Plural form of fret

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vretten, vreten, from Old High German frat?n

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?tn?

Verb

fretten (weak, third-person singular present frettet, past tense frettete, past participle gefrettet, auxiliary haben)

1. (Austria, Southern German, reflexive) to struggle with a very tedious task

Conjugation

Derived terms

• abfretten
• auffretten
• dahinfretten
• durchfretten

Further reading

• “fretten” in Duden online