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See also: Reisen
German
Pronunciation
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)
- (intransitive) to travel
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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)
- (intransitive, dialectal) to fall
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
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Japanese
Romanization
reisen
Middle Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Dutch *reison, from Proto-West Germanic *raisōn. Equivalent to reise + -en.
Verb
reisen
- to travel, to go on a journey
- to go on a (military) expedition
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “reisen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Verb
reisen
- Alternative form of reysen (“to raise”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
reisen m or f
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