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reien

reien

Catalan

Verb

reien

  1. third-person plural imperfect indicative form of riure

Japanese

Romanization

reien

  1. rōmaji reading of れいえん

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʀɑɪ̯ən/
  • Rhymes: -ɑɪən

Etymology 1

From Old High German rīhan. Cognate with German reihen, Dutch rijgen.

Verb

reien (third-person singular present reit, past participle gereit, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to put in line
  2. (transitive) to string
Conjugation
Regular
infinitive reien
participle gereit
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular reien
2nd singular reis rei
3rd singular reit
1st plural reien
2nd plural reit reit
3rd plural reien
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms
  • areien
  • opreien
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old High German hriuwan, from Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną. Cognate with German reuen, English rue, Dutch rouwen.

Verb

reien (third-person singular present reit, past participle gereit, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (obsolete, impersonal) to regret, to rue
Synonyms
  • rauen
Derived terms