reuen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *hreuwan, from Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną. Compare English rue.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɔʏ̯ən/, [ˈʁɔʏ̯n]
  • Hyphenation: reu‧en
  • Audio(file)

Verb

reuen (weak, third-person singular present reut, past tense reute, past participle gereut, auxiliary haben)

  1. to regret, to be sorry (for), to rue
  2. to repent (of)
    Es reut ihn. ― He’s sorry about it.
    Es hat mich gereut. ― I was sorry for it.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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