rense

English

Verb

rense (third-person singular simple present renses, present participle rensing, simple past and past participle rensed)

1. Obsolete form of rinse.
   • 1725, Willem Séwel, A Compendious Guide to the Low-Dutch Language, page 52:

     First, you must get up every morning at six a clock, and wash your hands and face, then rense your mouth, and rub your teeth, and then you must go into your chamber and pray […]

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną, cognate with Swedish rensa, Old High German reinisōn (English rinse is borrowed from Old French rincer). Derived from the adjective *hrainiz (“clean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛnsə/, [ˈʁansə], [ˈʁɑnsə]

Verb

rense (past tense rensede, past participle renset)

1. to clean, cleanse, rinse, purify

Conjugation

Inflection of rense

	present	past
simple	renser	rensede
perfect	har renset	havde renset
passive	renses	rensedes
participle	rensende	renset
imperative	rens	—
infinitive	rense	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	rensen	—

Derived terms

• rens
• renselse
• rensemiddel
• renseri
• rensning

References

• “rense” in Den Danske Ordbog

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French rincer (“rince”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɛ̃se/

Verb

rense

1. To rinse

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hreinsa.

Verb

rense (imperative rens, present tense renser, passive renses, simple past and past participle rensa or renset, present tense rensende)

1. to clean, cleanse
2. to purify

   rense lufta / luften - clear the air (defuse a situation)

References

• “rense” in The Bokmål Dictionary.