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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German rīten, from Old High German rītan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną. A Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- preform does not exist, only northwest-European forms.
Cognate with Dutch rijden, Low German rieden, English ride, Danish ride, Swedish rida.
Pronunciation
Verb
reiten (class 1 strong, third-person singular present reitet, past tense ritt, past participle geritten, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive) to ride; to do horseriding
- (transitive) to ride (someone or something), to ride on the back of
1997, Rammstein, Sehnsucht:Lass mich deine Träne reiten übers Kinn nach Afrika- Let me ride your tear over your chin to Africa
Usage notes
- In intransitive use, the normal auxiliary is sein. When referring to horseriding as a sport, haben is possible alternatively: “Ich habe früher geritten.”
- For transitive use, prescriptive grammar requires haben: “Er hat das Pferd geritten”; but “Er ist das Pferd geritten” is also common in practice.
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
- In dialectal or archaic usage the third-person singular of the present may be reit (also spelt reit't).
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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
reiten
- definite singular of reit
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛɪːtən/, /ˈrɛɪːtn̩/
Noun
reiten m
- definite singular of reit
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²rɛɪːtən/, /²rɛɪːtn̩/
Adjective
reiten (neuter reite, definite singular and plural reitne)
- quarrelsome, mocking
1951, Halldor O. Opedal, Makter og menneske: folkeminne ifrå Hardanger, volume 7, Oslo: Norsk folkeminnelag, page 175:På marknaden fór der nokre reitne tatrar og jaola seg- At the marketplace, some gipsys went about and wreaking havoc
References
- “reiten”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016