fruiten

== English == === Etymology === From fruit +‎ -en. === Verb === fruiten (third-person singular simple present fruitens, present participle fruitening, simple past and past participle fruitened) (transitive) To make fruitful. (intransitive) To become full of fruit. ==== Derived terms ==== fruitening == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfrœy̯.tə(n)/ Hyphenation: frui‧ten Rhymes: -œy̯tən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch fruten, older friten (“to fry”), from Old French frit, past participle of frire (“to fry”). Folk-etymologically influenced by fruit. ==== Verb ==== fruiten (ergative) to fry in boiling fat (now chiefly of culinary vegetables in small volumes of fat) Synonym: (dated) fruiteren ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Petjo: fruitjes === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== fruiten plural of fruit