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See also: Laden, laděn, and Läden

English

Etymology

See lade.

Pronunciation

Adjective

laden (comparative more laden, superlative most laden)

  1. Weighed down with a load, burdened.
    • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
      The other men were variously burthened; some carrying picks and shovels—for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the Hispaniola—others laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal.
  2. Heavy.
    His comments were laden with deeper meaning.
    • 1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 13:
      When applied to other persons, the idea of comfort is an intuitive measure of trustworthiness, reliability, and predictability in a polycentric world that managers often find troubling, ambiguous, and anxiety-laden.
  3. Oppressed.
    • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:
      Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
  4. (chemistry) In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.
    Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas.

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Translations

Verb

laden

  1. past participle of lade

Verb

laden (third-person singular simple present ladens, present participle ladening, simple past and past participle ladened)

  1. (archaic, poetic) To load or charge.
    • 1889, The Yale Literary Magazine, volume 54, number 8, page 357:
      The grass is smoothly cut; the trees are carefully pruned; the flowers, ladening the dreamy air with their perfume, are arranged in studied groups of exquisitely blended colors.

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Danish

Noun

laden c

  1. definite singular of lade
  2. verbal noun to lade (singular definite form only), letting, having, making, seeming, pretending
  3. verbal noun to lade (singular definite form only), loading, charging

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lāden, from Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.

Verb

laden

  1. to load (cargo, a weapon, data)
  2. to charge (with electricity)
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of (weak with strong past participle), infinitive ...
Derived terms
nouns
verbs
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: ladin
  • Petjo: lajen
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: láde
  • → Saramaccan: lái
  • → Sranan Tongo: lai
    • → Lokono: laidin

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch lāden, from Old Dutch lathon, from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn (“to call”), from Proto-Germanic *laþōną (“to call”).

Verb

laden

  1. (archaic) to convocate
  2. (archaic) to invite
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of (weak), infinitive ...

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

laden

  1. plural of lade
  2. plural of la

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːdən/, [-dən], [-dn̩]
  • Audio (Germany):(file)
  • Hyphenation: la‧den

Etymology 1

From Middle High German laden (strong verb), from Old High German hladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan. Compare English laden.

Verb

laden (class 6 strong, third-person singular present lädt, past tense lud, past participle geladen, past subjunctive lüde, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to load (something) e.g. into a container or onto a vehicle, to load up
    Antonyms: abladen, ausladen, herausholen, herausnehmen, herunternehmen, löschen
  2. (transitive, intransitive, weaponry) to load (some weapon)
  3. (transitive, computing) to load (some data) from a store
  4. (transitive, computing) to download from a network
  5. (transitive, engineering) to charge (a battery or capacitor) with electricity
Conjugation
Conjugation of laden (class 6 strong, auxiliary haben)
More information infinitive, present participle ...

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of laden (class 6 strong, auxiliary haben)
More information perfect, singular ...
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German laden (weak verb, but also strong) from Old High German ladon, from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn.

Verb

laden (class 6 strong, third-person singular present lädt, past tense lud, past participle geladen, past subjunctive lüde, auxiliary haben)

  2. (transitive) to invite
    Synonym: einladen
  3. (transitive, law) to summon
Usage notes
  • In historical texts, weak forms such as ladest, ladet, ladete and geladet are also found.
Conjugation
Conjugation of laden (class 6 strong, auxiliary haben)
More information infinitive, present participle ...

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of laden (class 6 strong, auxiliary haben)
More information perfect, singular ...
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “laden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “laden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “laden” in Duden online
  • “laden” in Duden online

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

Verb

laden

  1. (intransitive) to respond
  2. (transitive, figurative) to serve

Derived terms

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Low German

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon hladan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːdn̩/, /ˈlaːdən/

Verb

laden (past singular laad, past participle laadt or laden, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to load (something) e.g. into a container or onto a vehicle, to load up
  2. (transitive, intransitive, weaponry) to load (some weapon)
  3. (transitive, computing) to load (some data) from a store
  4. (transitive, computing) to download from a network
  5. (transitive, engineering) to charge (a battery or capacitor) with electricity
Conjugation
More information infinitive, present ...

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Synonyms
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “to load up”): afladen, utladen, ruthalen, rutnehmen, rünnernehmen, löschen

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon lathōn.

Verb

laden (past singular laad, past participle laadt or laden, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive) to invite (someone)
  2. (transitive, law) to summon
Conjugation
More information infinitive, present ...

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Synonyms
Derived terms
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Malay

Verb

laden

  1. to serve, attend

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan.

Verb

lāden

  2. to load (goods)
  3. to load (onto a beast of burden)
  4. to burden (with a task)
Inflection
More information infinitive, base form ...
Descendants
  • Dutch: laden
  • Limburgish: laaje

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch lathon, from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn (“to call”).

Verb

lāden

  2. (eastern) to call, to summon
Inflection
More information infinitive, base form ...
Descendants

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