reuen.
to regret, to be sorry (for), to rue
Meaning & usage
to regret, to be sorry (for), to rue
to repent (of)
Es reut ihn.
Es hat mich gereut.
Where this word comes from
From a merger of: * Middle High German riuwen (strong declension), from Old High German riuwan, hriuwan, from Proto-West Germanic *hreuwan, from Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną; and * Middle High German riuwen (weak declension), itself a merger from Old High German riuwēn, from Proto-West Germanic *hriuwjan, from Proto-Germanic *hriuwjan; and Old High German riuwōn, hriuwōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hreuwōn, from *hreuwu (“regret, penance”). Both paths derive from the same origin. Cognates include Dutch rouwen, English rue, Old Norse hryggva.
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