regen

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See also: Regen, Ręgen, and régen

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of regeneration.

Noun

regen (countable and uncountable, plural regens)

  1. Regeneration.
  2. (countable) A regenerative radio receiver.
  3. (uncountable, rail transport, automotive) Short for regenerative braking.

Derived terms

Verb

regen (third-person singular simple present regens, present participle regenning or regening, simple past and past participle regenned or regened)

  1. (informal) To regenerate.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreː.ɣə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧gen
  • Rhymes: -eːɣən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rēgen, from Old Dutch regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, frmo Proto-Germanic *regną.

Noun

regen m (plural regens, diminutive regentje n)

  1. rain
    Hypernym: neerslag
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: reën
  • Negerhollands: regen, regn, rign, regon
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: regen, ragin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

regen

  1. inflection of regenen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Verb

regen

  1. inflection of rijgen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German regen (to make protrude, to erect, to excite, to move), effective of ragen.

Pronunciation

Verb

regen (weak, third-person singular present regt, past tense regte, past participle geregt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to move (a small amount or unconsciously)
    Er regte seinen Finger so weit wie möglich.
    He moved his finger as far as possible.
  2. (reflexive) to move (intransitive), to stir
  3. (reflexive) to be active doing something, occupying oneself
  4. (reflexive) to budge, to become noticeable

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German rēgenen, from the noun Regen, from Old Saxon regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn. Cognate with English rain, Dutch regenen.

Verb

regen (past singular regen, past participle regent, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (impersonal) to rain

Conjugation

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn.

Noun

rēgen m

  1. rain

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

regen

  1. Soft mutation of rhegen.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.