laden

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See also: Laden and Läden

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See lade.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɪdən/, (colloquial) /ˈleɪdn̩/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪdən

Adjective[edit]

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.
  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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Verb[edit]

laden

  1. past participle of lade

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Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

laden

  1. to load (cargo, a weapon, data)
  2. to charge (with electricity)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of laden (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive laden
past singular laadde
past participle geladen
infinitive laden
gerund laden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular laad laadde
2nd person sing. (jij) laadt laadde
2nd person sing. (u) laadt laadde
2nd person sing. (gij) laadt laadde
3rd person singular laadt laadde
plural laden laadden
subjunctive sing.1 lade laadde
subjunctive plur.1 laden laadden
imperative sing. laad
imperative plur.1 laadt
participles ladend geladen
1) Archaic.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Negerhollands: ladin
  • Petjo: lajen
  • Caribbean Hindustani: láde
  • Saramaccan: lái
  • Sranan Tongo: lai

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

laden

  1. (archaic) to convocate
  2. (archaic) to invite
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of laden (weak)
infinitive laden
past singular laadde
past participle gelaad
infinitive laden
gerund laden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular laad laadde
2nd person sing. (jij) laadt laadde
2nd person sing. (u) laadt laadde
2nd person sing. (gij) laadt laadde
3rd person singular laadt laadde
plural laden laadden
subjunctive sing.1 lade laadde
subjunctive plur.1 laden laadden
imperative sing. laad
imperative plur.1 laadt
participles ladend gelaad
1) Archaic.

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

laden

  1. plural of lade
  2. plural of la

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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
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Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive) to invite
    Synonym: einladen
  2. (transitive, law) to summon
Usage notes[edit]
  • In historical texts, weak forms such as ladest, ladet, ladete and geladet are also found.
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Further reading[edit]

  • 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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Low German[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon hladan.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːdn̩/, /ˈlaːdən/

Verb[edit]

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
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon lathōn.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive) to invite (someone)
  2. (transitive, law) to summon
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Malay[edit]

Verb[edit]

laden

  1. to serve, attend

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

lāden

  1. to load (goods)
  2. to load (onto a beast of burden)
  3. to burden (with a task)
Inflection[edit]
Strong
Infinitive lāden
3rd sg. past lōot
3rd pl. past lōden
Past participle gelōden
Infinitive lāden
In genitive lādens
In dative lādene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular lāde lōot
2nd singular lāets, lādes lōots, lōdes
3rd singular lāet, lādet lōot
1st plural lāden lōden
2nd plural lāet, lādet lōot, lōdet
3rd plural lāden lōden
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular lāde lōde
2nd singular lāets, lādes lōdes
3rd singular lāde lōde
1st plural lāden lōden
2nd plural lāet, lādet lōdet
3rd plural lāden lōden
Imperative Present
Singular lat, lāet, lāde
Plural lāet, lādet
Present Past
Participle lādende gelōden
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

lāden

  1. (eastern) to call, to summon
Inflection[edit]
Strong
Infinitive lāden
3rd sg. past lōot
3rd pl. past lōden
Past participle gelōden
Infinitive lāden
In genitive lādens
In dative lādene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular lāde lōot
2nd singular lāets, lādes lōots, lōdes
3rd singular lāet, lādet lōot
1st plural lāden lōden
2nd plural lāet, lādet lōot, lōdet
3rd plural lāden lōden
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular lāde lōde
2nd singular lāets, lādes lōdes
3rd singular lāde lōde
1st plural lāden lōden
2nd plural lāet, lādet lōdet
3rd plural lāden lōden
Imperative Present
Singular lat, lāet, lāde
Plural lāet, lādet
Present Past
Participle lādende gelōden
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