adden

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