rejse

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɑjsə]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

rejse c (singular definite rejsen, plural indefinite rejser)

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

Inflection

Declension of rejse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rejse	rejsen	rejser	rejserne
genitive	rejses	rejsens	rejsers	rejsernes

References

“rejse,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

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.

Verb

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

Conjugation

Inflection of rejse

	present	past
simple	rejser	rejsede
perfect	har rejst	havde rejst
passive	—	—
participle	rejsende	rejst
imperative	rejs	—
infinitive	rejse	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	—	—

References

“rejse,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

“rejse,3” in Den Danske Ordbog