rejse

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɑjsə]

From Middle Low German reise, from Old Saxon *reisa, from Proto-West Germanic *raisu.

rejse c (singular definite rejsen, plural indefinite rejser)

1. journey
2. trip
3. voyage, passage, crossing
4. tour, cruise

• “rejse,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

A merger of three related verbs:

• The intransitive Old Danish rise, Old Norse rísa, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), related to English rise.
• The transitive Old Danish resæ, Old Norse reisa (“raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raizijaną (“to raise”), related to English rear (raise is borrowed from Old Norse).
• A verb borrowed from Middle Low German, German reisen, from Old Saxon *rēsōn, from Proto-West Germanic *raisōn (“to set out, depart”), derived from the noun Proto-West Germanic *raisu, see above.

rejse (imperative rejs, infinitive at rejse, present tense rejser, past tense rejste, perfect tense rejst)

1. (reflexive) rise
2. raise
3. put up, set up, erect, pitch
4. bring up
5. stir up, instigate
6. go
7. travel
8. leave, depart

• “rejse,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “rejse,3” in Den Danske Ordbog