reisen

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German

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German reisen, from Old High German reisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *raisōn.

Verb

reisen (weak, third-person singular present reist, past tense reiste, past participle gereist, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to travel
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Etymology 2

From Middle High German rīsen (to fall, fall out), from Old High German rīsan (to fall, fall down), from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (to rise, move vertically up or down, go), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (to rise, arise).

Cognate with Low German risen, Dutch rijzen, Old English rīsan (to rise) (modern English rise), Icelandic rísa. More at rise.

Verb

reisen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present reist, past tense ries, past participle geriesen, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive, dialectal) to fall
Conjugation

Further reading

  • reisen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • reisen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • reisen” in Duden online
  • reisen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Japanese

Romanization

reisen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of れいせん

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Dutch *reison, from Proto-West Germanic *raisōn. Equivalent to reise +‎ -en.

Verb

reisen

  1. to travel, to go on a journey
  2. to go on a (military) expedition

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Dutch: reizen
  • Limburgish: reize, rieze
  • Middle English: reysen, reycen

Further reading

Middle English

Verb

reisen

  1. Alternative form of reysen (to raise)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

reisen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of reise