laden

See lade.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪdən/, (colloquial) /ˈleɪdn̩/

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• Rhymes: -eɪdən

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.

laden

1. past participle of lade

• ladle
• ballast
• larboard

• eland, laned, naled, Nelda, Andel, lean'd, lande, Nadel, Dalen, Eland, Alden

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːdə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: la‧den
• Rhymes: -aːdən

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

laden

1. to load (cargo, a weapon, data)
2. to charge (with electricity)

Conjugation 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, laad2	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. 2) In case of inversion.

• laadpaal
• laadstation
• laadschop
• beladen
• herladen
• inladen
• opladen
• overladen
• uitladen

• Negerhollands: ladin
• Petjo: lajen
• → Caribbean Hindustani: láde
• → Saramaccan: lái
• → Sranan Tongo: lai
  • → Lokono: laidin

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

laden

1. (archaic) to convocate
2. (archaic) to invite

Conjugation 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, laad2	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. 2) In case of inversion.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

laden

1. plural of lade
2. plural of la

• dalen, eland, lande

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

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

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

• (to load up): aufbürden, aufladen, auflasten, aufnehmen, aufpacken, befrachten, beladen, bepacken, beschweren, einladen, stauen, unterbringen, verladen, verstauen, vollladen, vollpacken
• (to load a weapon): nachladen
• (to download): downloaden, herunterladen, runterladen, übertragen
• (to charge): aufladen, elektrisieren

• Lade
• Laden
• Lader
• Ladung
• lästig

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

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

• In historical texts, weak forms such as ladest, ladet, ladete and geladet are also found.

• ausladen
• einladen
• vorladen

• Laden

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

• lande, Lande, Nadel

From Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon hladan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːdn̩/, /ˈlaːdən/

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

• (to load up): opsacken, opladen, oppuckeln, oplasten, opnehmen, oppacken, befrachten, beladen, bepacken, inladen, stauen, ünnerbringen, verladen, verstauen, vullladen, vullpacken
• (to load a weapon): naladen
• (to download): downloaden, rünnerladen, överdregen
• (to charge): opladen, elektriseren

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

From Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon lathōn.

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

1. (transitive) to invite (someone)
2. (transitive, law) to summon

• (to invite): inladen

• utladen
• inladen
• vörladen

laden

1. to serve, attend

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

lāden

2. to load (goods)
3. to load (onto a beast of burden)
4. to burden (with a task)

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

• Dutch: laden
• Limburgish: laaje

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

lāden

2. (eastern) to call, to summon

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

• Dutch: laden

• “laden”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “laden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “laden (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II