regen

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈdʒɛn/, /ˈɹiːdʒɛn/

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regen (countable and uncountable, plural regens)

1. (informal) Clipping of regeneration.
2. (countable) A regenerative radio receiver.
3. (uncountable, rail transport, automotive) Clipping of regenerative braking.
4. A kind of yo-yo trick that adds spin without having to return the yo-yo to the thrower's hand.

• bush regen

regen (third-person singular simple present regens, present participle regenning or regening, simple past and past participle regenned or regened)

1. (informal) Clipping of regenerate.

• Egner, Geren, Green, Green., genre, green, neger

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: re‧gen
• Rhymes: -eːɣən

From Middle Dutch rēgen, from Old Dutch regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.

regen m (plural regens, diminutive regentje n)

1. rain

   Hypernym: neerslag

• Afrikaans: reën
• Negerhollands: regen, regn, rign, regon
• Skepi Creole Dutch: regen, ragin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

regen

1. inflection of regenen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

regen

1. inflection of rijgen:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

• enger, genre, neger

From Middle High German regen (“to make protrude, to erect, to excite, to move”), from Proto-Germanic *hragjaną (“to make stand, wake up, incite”). By synchronic analysis, the causative of ragen.

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regen (weak, third-person singular present regt, past tense regte, past participle geregt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to move (a small amount or unconsciously)

   Er regte seinen Finger so weit wie möglich.

   He moved his finger as far as possible.

2. (reflexive) to move (intransitive), to stir
3. (reflexive) to be active doing something, occupying oneself
4. (reflexive) to budge, to become noticeable

• “regen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “regen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “regen” in Duden online

From Middle Low German rēgenen, from the noun Regen, from Old Saxon regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn. Cognate with English rain, Dutch regenen.

regen (past singular , past participle regent, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (impersonal) to rain

From Old Dutch regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn.

rēgen m

1. rain

• rēgenen

• Dutch: regen
  • Afrikaans: reën
  • Negerhollands: regen, regn, rign, regon
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: regen, ragin
• Limburgish: raenger
• West Flemish: rin, rein

• “reghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “regen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛɡɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈreːɡɛn/, /ˈrɛɡɛn/

regen

1. soft mutation of rhegen