reisen

See also: Reisen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʁaɪ̯zn̩], [ˈʁaɪ̯zən] (Germany)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈʁaɪ̯sn̩/, /ˈʁaɪ̯sɛn/, [ʁaɛ̯-] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
  • Hyphenation: rei‧sen
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯zn̩

Etymology 1

    From Middle High German reisen, from Old High German reisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *raisōn, further from Proto-West Germanic *raisu (akin to Proto-Germanic *raizijaną).

    Verb

    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
    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)

      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

      This verb needs an inflection-table template.

      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