See also: Regen, Ręgen, and régen

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Noun

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regen (countable and uncountable, plural regens)

  1. (informal) Clipping of regeneration.
  2. (countable) A regenerative radio receiver.
  3. (uncountable, rail transport, automotive) Short for regenerative braking.

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

  1. (informal) Clipping of regenerate..

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Dutch

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  • IPA(key): /ˈreː.ɣə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧gen
  • Rhymes: -eːɣən

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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  • 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.

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regen

  1. inflection of regenen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. 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), causative of ragen.

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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

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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.

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

  1. (impersonal) to rain

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

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rēgen m

  1. rain

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Welsh

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Noun

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regen

  1. Soft mutation of rhegen.

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhegen regen unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.