regen

See also: Regen, Ręgen, and régen

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of regeneration.

Noun

regen (plural regens)

  1. regeneration
  2. A regenerative radio receiver.

Verb

regen (third-person singular simple present regens, present participle regenning or regening, simple past and past participle regenned or regened)

  1. (informal) regenerate

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreː.ɣə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -eːɣən
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rēgen, from Old Dutch regan, from Proto-Germanic *regnaz.

Noun

regen m (plural regens, diminutive regentje n)

  1. rain
    Hypernym: neerslag
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

regen

  1. first-person singular present indicative of regenen
  2. imperative of regenen

Verb

regen

  1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of rijgen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German regen (to make protrude, to erect, to excite, to move), effective of ragen.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

regen (third-person singular simple present regt, past tense regte, past participle geregt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) To move
    Er regte seinen Finger so weit wie möglich.
    He moved his finger as far as possible.
  2. (reflexive) To move (intransitive).
  3. (reflexive) To be active doing something, occupying oneself.
  4. (reflexive) To budge, to become noticeable.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading


Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German rēgenen, from the noun Regen. Cognate with English rain, Dutch regenen.

Verb

regen (past singular regen, past participle regent, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (impersonal) to rain

Conjugation


Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch regan, from Proto-Germanic *regnaz.

Noun

rēgen m

  1. rain

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • reghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • regen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

regen

  1. Soft mutation of rhegen.
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