rieseln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German riselen, from an iterative form of Old High German rīsan (to fall), related to Reise (trip, journey) and equivalent to Middle High German risen + -eln.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁiːzl̩n/
  • Hyphenation: rie‧seln
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Verb

rieseln (weak, third-person singular present rieselt, past tense rieselte, past participle gerieselt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to sprinkle [auxiliary sein]
  2. (intransitive) to trickle [auxiliary sein]
  3. (intransitive) to rustle, to babble (make a sound like softly flowing water) [auxiliary haben]

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References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “rieseln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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