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reisen.

to travel

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈʁaɪ̯zn̩][ˈʁaɪ̯zən]Germany/ˈʁaɪ̯sn̩//ˈʁaɪ̯sɛn/
  1. to travel

    intransitive · weak
    Im Sommer wollen wir an das Rote Meer reisen.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German reisen, from Old High German reisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *raisōn, further from Proto-West Germanic *raisu (akin to Proto-Germanic *raizijaną).

verb[ˈʁaɪ̯zn̩][ˈʁaɪ̯zən]Germany/ˈʁaɪ̯sn̩//ˈʁaɪ̯sɛn/
  1. to rise

    class-1 · intransitive · obsolete · rare · strong
  2. to fall

    class-1 · dialectal · intransitive · obsolete · strong
    Schon von Bäumen kommt geriesen Starke meng der Blätter fahl
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German rīsen (“to fall, fall out”), from Old High German rīsan (“to fall, fall down”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise, move vertically up or down, go”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). Cognate with German Low German riesen (“to rise”), Dutch rijzen (“to rise”), Icelandic rísa (“to rise”), English rise.

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