reisen

See also: Reisen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁaɪ̯zn̩], [ˈʁaɪ̯zən]

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Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German reisen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German reisōn (“to arise, set out, set out on a journey”) (compare Old High German reisa (“a setting out, expedtion, journey”)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *raisōną (“to set out, depart”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to rise, arise”). Cognate with North Frisian reyse (“travel, expedition”), Danish rejse (“journey, trip, travel”), Swedish resa (“trip, journey”), (obsolete) English reyse (“to journey, travel, go on a military expedition”).

Verb

1. (intransitive) to travel

Derived terms

Derived terms

• abreisen
• anreisen
• ausreisen
• bereisen
• durchreisen

• einreisen
• nachreisen
• verreisen
• vorausreisen
• weiterreisen

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German rīsen (“to fall, fall out”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German rīsan (“to fall, fall down”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise, move vertically up or down, go”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *rei- (“to rise, arise”). Cognate with Low German risen, Dutch rijzen, Old English rīsan (“to rise”) (modern English rise), Icelandic rísa. More at rise.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, dialectal) to fall

Further reading

• “reisen” in Duden online

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

reisen

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

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: reizen
• Limburgish: reize

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “reisen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Middle English

Verb

reisen

1. Alternative form of reysen (“to raise”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• reisa

Noun

reisen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of reise