rächen

See also: Rachen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rechen, from Old High German rehhan, wrehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną. Cognate with Dutch wreken, English wreak.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɛçən/
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Verb

rächen (weak or mixed, third-person singular present rächt, past tense rächte, past participle gerächt or (obsolete or humorous) gerochen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to revenge; to avenge
  2. (reflexive, sich rächen) to take revenge; to avenge oneself

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “rächen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “rächen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “rächen” in Duden online
  • “rächen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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