# treden
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtreːdə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* 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
* (intransitive) to tread, step

##### Derived terms

* aantreden
* achteraantreden
* achteruittreden
* aftreden
* betreden
* bijeentreden
* bijtreden
* binnentreden
* buitentreden
* doodtreden
* doortreden
* getreden
* heentreden
* in werking treden
* ineentreden
* intreden
* lostreden
* medetreden
* mistreden
* nabijtreden
* natreden
* nedertreden
* neertreden
* omhoogtreden
* omlaagtreden
* omtreden
* ondertreden
* onttreden
* optreden
* opzijtreden
* overtreden
* plattreden
* rondtreden
* samentreden
* stuktreden
* tegentreden
* terugtreden
* toetreden
* tussentreden
* uiteentreden
* uittreden
* vasttreden
* vertreden
* voltreden
* vooraantreden
* voorbijtreden
* voortreden
* voortstreden
* voorttreden
* vooruittreden
* wederomtreden
* wederoptreden
* wedertreden
* wegtreden

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

treden
* plural of tred

#### Noun

treden
* plural of trede
* plural of tree

### Anagrams

* terend

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Verb

trēden
* to tread, to step
* to tread/step on

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Alternative forms

* terden (with metathesis)

#### Descendants

* Dutch: treden
** Afrikaans: tree
* Limburgish: traeje

### Further reading

* “terden”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “treden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* trede, treedyn, treede, treeden, tradde

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtrɛːdən/

#### Verb

treden
* To place one's foot on something; to lay a step on something:
** To stomp or walk with great force; to crush underfoot or trample upon.
** To compress or process by stomping or trampling.
** To leave a mark or trail by placing one's feet.
* To travel or go somewhere on foot; to journey.
* To walk or move atop or on a surface or thing.
* To ruin or devastate; to bring to destruction.
* To debase or humiliate; to bring someone low.
* To have sex; to copulate (used of male birds)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
* (rare) To look for; to search or try to find.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) treden, trede | (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 | trede$^1$, trade$^1$ |
| imperative singular | trede | — |
| plural$^2$ | treden, trede | treden, trede, traden, trade |
| imperative plural | tredeth, trede | — |
| participles | tredynge, tredende | treden, trede, troden, trode, ytrode, ytrede |
$^1$Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English. $^2$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Related terms

* tred
* tredel
* tredynge

##### Descendants

* English: tread
* Scots: trad, tred
* Yola: trad

##### References

* “trēden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-3.

### Etymology 2

From tred +‎ -en (plural suffix).

#### Noun

treden
* plural of tred

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Participle

treden (neuter trede or tredi, definite singular and plural tredne)
* (non-standard since 1991) past participle of tre, treda and trede
* (non-standard since 1985) past participle of trå (Etymology 3)

### Anagrams

* derten, nerdet, tredne, trende

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtre.den/

### Verb

treden
* first/second/third-person plural present subjunctive of tredan

### Participle

treden
* past participle of tredan

#### Alternative forms

* ġetreden