Jump to content

reisen

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Reisen

German

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

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

Verb

[edit]

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

  1. (intransitive) to travel
    Im Sommer wollen wir an das Rote Meer reisen.We want to travel to the Red Sea in summer.
Conjugation
[edit]
Derived terms
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

  1. (intransitive, dialectal) to fall
Conjugation
[edit]

Further reading

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

Japanese

[edit]

Romanization

[edit]

reisen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of れいせん

Middle Dutch

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

Verb

[edit]

reisen

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

Inflection

[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Further reading

[edit]

Middle English

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

reisen

  1. Alternative form of reysen (to raise)

Norwegian Bokmål

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

reisen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of reise