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regen

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See also: Regen, Ręgen, and régen

English

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Noun

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regen (countable and uncountable, plural regens)

  1. (informal) Clipping of regeneration.
    The council announced a new project for the urban regen of the waterfront area.
    After the fire, the community focused on the regen of local businesses.
    Economic regen has brought new life to the once-declining town.
  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.

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Verb

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

  1. (informal) Clipping of regenerate.

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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regen m (plural regens, diminutive regentje n)

  1. rain
    Hypernym: neerslag
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: reën
  • Negerhollands: regen, regn, rign, regon
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: regen, ragin

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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regen

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

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regen

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

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German

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Etymology

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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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Verb

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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

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Low German

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. (impersonal) to rain

Conjugation

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Conjugation of regen (weak verb, irregular)
infinitive regen
present preterite
1st person singular regen regen
2nd person singular regens(t) regens(t)
3rd person singular regen(t) regen
plural regent, regenen reegnen, regen
imperative
singular regen(e)
plural regent
present past
participle regen (e)regent, geregent

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

Noun

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rēgen m

  1. rain

Inflection

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Strong masculine noun
singular plural
nominative rēgen rēgene
accusative rēgen rēgene
genitive rēgens rēgene
dative rēgene rēgenen

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Welsh

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Noun

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regen

  1. soft mutation of rhegen

Mutation

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Mutated forms of rhegen
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhegen regen unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.