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richen

richen

English

Verb

richen (third-person singular simple present richens, present participle richening, simple past and past participle richened)

  1. (transitive) To make or render rich or richer.
  2. (intransitive) To become rich or richer; become superior in quality, condition or effectiveness.
  3. (intransitive, of a colour) To gain richness; become heightened or intensified in brilliancy.

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German riohhan, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną. Cognate with German riechen, Dutch rieken, English reek, West Frisian rûke, Icelandic rjúka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʀiɕən/

Verb

richen (third-person singular present richt, past participle gericht or geroch, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to smell
  2. (intransitive) to stink, to smell, to reek

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive richen
participle gericht or geroch
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular richen
2nd singular richs rich
3rd singular richt
1st plural richen
2nd plural richt richt
3rd plural richen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.