frede

See also: Frede

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse friða, from Proto-Germanic *friþōną, cognate with Swedish freda, German frieden, Dutch vreden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /freːðə/, [ˈfʁ̥æðð̩]

Verb

frede (imperative fred, infinitive at frede, present tense freder, past tense fredede, perfect tense har fredet)

  1. to protect, preserve (by law)
  2. to spare

Conjugation

Conjugation of frede
active passive
present freder fredes
past fredede frededes
infinitive frede fredes
imperative fred
participle
present fredende
past fredet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund freden

References

Middle English

Verb

frede

  1. alternative form of freden

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse friða.

Verb

frede (imperative fred, present tense freder, passive fredes, simple past and past participle freda or fredet, present participle fredende)

  1. to protect, preserve (by law)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse friða.

Verb

frede (present tense fredar, past tense freda, past participle freda, passive infinitive fredast, present participle fredande, imperative frede/fred)

  1. to protect, preserve (by law)

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfreː.de/

Verb

frēde

  1. inflection of frēdan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English afraid.

Adjective

frede

  1. afraid
  2. fearsome, terrifying
  3. ugly
    Synonym: takru

Verb

frede

  1. (stative) to fear
  2. to frighten

Noun

frede

  1. fear