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German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    From Middle High German reisen, from Old High German reisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *raisōn, further from Proto-West Germanic *raisu (akin to Proto-Germanic *raizijaną).

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    reisen (weak, third-person singular present reist, past tense reiste, past participle gereist, auxiliary sein)

    1. (intransitive) to travel
      Im Sommer wollen wir an das Rote Meer reisen.We want to travel to the Red Sea in summer.
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    Etymology 2

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      From Middle High German rīsen (to fall, fall out), from Old High German rīsan (to fall, fall down), from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (to rise, move vertically up or down, go), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (to rise, arise).

      Cognate with German Low German riesen (to rise), Dutch rijzen (to rise), Icelandic rísa (to rise), English rise.

      Verb

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      reisen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present reist, past tense ries, past participle geriesen, auxiliary sein)

      1. (intransitive, rare or obsolete) to rise
      2. (intransitive, dialectal or obsolete) to fall
        Schon von Bäumen kommt geriesen
        Starke meng der Blätter fahl
        Even from the trees comes fallen
        A huge amount of pale leaves
        (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
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      Further reading

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      • reisen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
      • reisen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
      • reisen” in Duden online
      • reisen” in OpenThesaurus.de

      Japanese

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      Romanization

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      reisen

      1. Rōmaji transcription of れいせん

      Middle Dutch

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      Etymology

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      From Old Dutch *reison, from Proto-West Germanic *raisōn. Equivalent to reise +‎ -en.

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      reisen

      1. to travel, to go on a journey
      2. to go on a (military) expedition

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      Descendants

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      • Dutch: reizen
      • Limburgish: reize, rieze
      • Middle English: reysen, reycen

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      Middle English

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      Verb

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      reisen

      1. alternative form of reysen (to raise)

      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Noun

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      reisen m or f

      1. definite masculine singular of reise