driten

See also: dritën

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną.

Verb

driten

1. to defecate

Inflection

Conjugation of driten (strong class 1)

infinitive	base form	driten
	genitive	dritens
	dative	dritene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		drite	drêet		drite	drēte
2nd person singular		drijts, drites	drēets, drētes		drijts, drites	drētes
3rd person singular		drijt, dritet	drêet		drite	drēte
1st person plural		driten	drēten		driten	drēten
2nd person plural		drijt, dritet	drēet, drētet		drijt, dritet	drētet
3rd person plural		driten	drēten		driten	drēten
		imperative
singular		drijt, drite
plural		drijt, dritet
		present	past
participle		dritende	gedrēten

Descendants

• Dutch: drijten

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “driten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

driten (neuter drite, definite singular and plural dritne)

1. past participle of drita and drite
2. dirty