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rejse.

journey

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈʁɑjsə]

  1. journey

    common-gender

  2. trip

    common-gender

  3. voyage, passage, crossing

    common-gender

  4. tour, cruise

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German reise, from Old Saxon *reisa, from Proto-West Germanic *raisu.

verb[ˈʁɑjsə]

  1. rise

    reflexive

  2. raise

  3. put up, set up, erect, pitch

  4. bring up

  5. stir up, instigate

  6. go

  7. travel

  8. leave, depart

Where this word comes from

A merger of three related verbs: * The intransitive Old Danish rise, Old Norse rísa, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), related to English rise. * The transitive Old Danish resæ, Old Norse reisa (“raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raizijaną (“to raise”), related to English rear (raise is borrowed from Old Norse). * A verb borrowed from Middle Low German, German reisen, from Old Saxon *rēsōn, from Proto-West Germanic *raisōn (“to set out, depart”), derived from the noun Proto-West Germanic *raisu, see above.

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