See also: Regen, Ręgen, and régen

English edit

Etymology edit

Abbreviation of regeneration.

Noun edit

regen (countable and uncountable, plural regens)

  1. Regeneration.
  2. (countable) A regenerative radio receiver.
  3. (uncountable, rail transport, automotive) Short for regenerative braking.

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Verb edit

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

  1. (informal) To regenerate.

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Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈreː.ɣə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧gen
  • Rhymes: -eːɣən

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch rēgen, from Old Dutch regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, frmo Proto-Germanic *regną.

Noun edit

regen m (plural regens, diminutive regentje n)

  1. rain
    Hypernym: neerslag
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: reën
  • Negerhollands: regen, regn, rign, regon
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: regen, ragin

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

regen

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

Verb edit

regen

  1. inflection of rijgen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

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German edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

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

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Further reading edit

  • regen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • regen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • regen” in Duden online

Low German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German rēgenen, from the noun Regen, from Old Saxon regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn. Cognate with English rain, Dutch regenen.

Verb edit

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

  1. (impersonal) to rain

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Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn.

Noun edit

rēgen m

  1. rain

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

regen

  1. Soft mutation of rhegen.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhegen regen unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.