reihen

See also: Reihen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rīhen, from Old High German rīhan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīhan, from Proto-Germanic *rīhaną; in the sense ‘to tack, to crimp’ possibly influenced by Old High German *rīhan (attested past participle girigan), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīhan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁaɪ̯ɘn/, /ʁaɪ̯n/
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Verb

reihen (weak, third-person singular present reiht, past tense reihte, past participle gereiht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to line up; to arrange (according to some structure)
  2. (reflexive) to line up; to follow one after another

Conjugation

Verb

reihen (weak or class 1 strong, third-person singular present reiht, past tense reihte or (less common) rieh, past participle gereiht or (less common) geriehen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (sewing) to tack, to crimp (to sew/baste on loosely, with wide stitches)

Conjugation

Further reading

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