regen (countable and uncountable, plural regens)
regen (third-person singular simple present regens, present participle regenning or regening, simple past and past participle regenned or regened)
From Middle Dutch rēgen, from Old Dutch regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, frmo Proto-Germanic *regną.
regen m (plural regens, diminutive regentje n)
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
regen
regen
From Middle High German regen (“to make protrude, to erect, to excite, to move”), effective of ragen.
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regen (weak, third-person singular present regt, past tense regte, past participle geregt, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | regen | ||||
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present participle | regend | ||||
past participle | geregt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich rege | wir regen | i | ich rege | wir regen |
du regst | ihr regt | du regest | ihr reget | ||
er regt | sie regen | er rege | sie regen | ||
preterite | ich regte | wir regten | ii | ich regte1 | wir regten1 |
du regtest | ihr regtet | du regtest1 | ihr regtet1 | ||
er regte | sie regten | er regte1 | sie regten1 | ||
imperative | reg (du) rege (du) |
regt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From Middle Low German rēgenen, from the noun Regen, from Old Saxon regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn. Cognate with English rain, Dutch regenen.
regen (past singular regen, past participle regent, auxiliary verb hebben)
infinitive | regen | |
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indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | regen | regen |
2nd person singular | regens(t) | regens(t) |
3rd person singular | regen(t) | regen |
plural | regent, regenen | reegnen, regen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | regen(e) | |
plural | regent | |
participle | present | past |
regen | (e)regent, geregent | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
From Old Dutch regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn.
rēgen m
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
regen
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
rhegen | regen | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |