adden

German

Etymology

English add +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛdn̩/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

adden (weak, third-person singular present addet, past tense addete, past participle geaddet or (proscribed) geadded, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, social media, transitive) to add, follow [from 2000s]
    Synonyms: hinzufügen, followen
    • 2012 February 20, Julia Niemann, “Social Shopping mit Pinterest & Co.: Ich pinne also bin ich”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
      Ähnlich wie bei Twitter oder Facebook können auf diesen Netwzerkseiten andere User vom Mitglied geadded bzw. gefollowed werden.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin addō (add, give unto), from ad (to) + (give).

Verb

adden (third-person singular simple present addeth, present participle addende, addynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle added)

  1. (transitive) to join or unite (something with something else); to add
  2. (transitive) to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
  3. (transitive) to sum; to add (numbers)

Conjugation

Conjugation of adden (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) adden, adde
present tense past tense
1st-person singular adde added
2nd-person singular addest addedest
3rd-person singular addeth added
subjunctive singular adde
imperative singular
plural1 adden, adde addeden, addede
imperative plural addeth, adde
participles addynge, addende added, yadded

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: add
  • Scots: add

References