regnen
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Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]regnen
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]regnen c
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German regenen, from Old High German reganōn, derived from the noun at hand in modern Regen (“rain”). Cognate with Hunsrik rehne.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]regnen (weak, third-person singular present regnet, past tense regnete, past participle geregnet, auxiliary haben)
- (chiefly impersonal) to rain
Usage notes
[edit]- Chiefly used impersonally with es in the same way as in English ‘it rains’. Other forms are uncommon and sometimes proscribed, but are used; for examples, see the citations page.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | regnen | ||||
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present participle | regnend | ||||
past participle | geregnet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich regne | wir regnen | i | ich regne | wir regnen |
du regnest | ihr regnet | du regnest | ihr regnet | ||
er regnet | sie regnen | er regne | sie regnen | ||
preterite | ich regnete | wir regneten | ii | ich regnete1 | wir regneten1 |
du regnetest | ihr regnetet | du regnetest1 | ihr regnetet1 | ||
er regnete | sie regneten | er regnete1 | sie regneten1 | ||
imperative | regne (du) | regnet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “regnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “regnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “regnen” in Duden online
- “regnen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Anglo-Norman regner, from Old French reignier.
Verb
[edit]regnen (third-person singular simple present regneth, present participle regnende, regnynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle regned)
Descendants
[edit]- English: reign
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]regnen
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