# regen
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɹiˈdʒɛn/, /ˈɹiːdʒɛn/
* Audio (Southern England):noicon(file)
* Audio (Southern England):noicon(file)

### Noun

regen (countable and uncountable, plural regens)
* (informal) Clipping of regeneration.
* (countable) A regenerative radio receiver.
* (uncountable, rail transport, automotive) Short for regenerative braking.

#### Derived terms

* bush regen

### Verb

regen (third-person singular simple present regens, present participle regenning or regening, simple past and past participle regenned or regened)
* (informal) Clipping of regenerate.

### Anagrams

* Egner, Geren, Green, Green., genre, green, neger

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

regen m (plural regens, diminutive regentje n)
* rain
    Hypernym: neerslag

##### Derived terms

* meteorenregen
* miezerregen
* moessonregen
* regenboog
* regenbui
* regendans
* regenen
* regenjas
* regenponcho
* regenscherm
* regentijd
* regenton
* regenval
* regenworm
* regenwoud
* regenwulp
* stortregen
* zwavelregen

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: reën
* Negerhollands: regen, regn, rign, regon
* Skepi Creole Dutch: regen, ragin

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

regen
* inflection of regenen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

#### Verb

regen
* inflection of rijgen:
** plural past indicative
** (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

### Anagrams

* enger, genre, neger

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German regen (“to make protrude, to erect, to excite, to move”), from Proto-Germanic *hragjaną (“to make stand, wake up, incite”). By synchronic analysis, the causative of ragen.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

regen (weak, third-person singular present regt, past tense regte, past participle geregt, auxiliary haben)
* (transitive) to move (a small amount or unconsciously)
    Er regte seinen Finger so weit wie möglich.He moved his finger as far as possible.
* (reflexive) to move (intransitive), to stir
* (reflexive) to be active doing something, occupying oneself
* (reflexive) to budge, to become noticeable

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Derived terms

* abregen
* anregen
* aufregen
* beregen
* erregen
* rege
* reglos
* regsam
* Regung

### Further reading

* “regen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “regen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “regen” in Duden online

## Low German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German rēgenen, from the noun Regen, from Old Saxon regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn. Cognate with English rain, Dutch regenen.

### Verb

regen (past singular regen, past participle regent, auxiliary verb hebben)
* (impersonal) to rain

#### Conjugation
## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Noun

rēgen m
* rain

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* rēgenen

#### Descendants

* Dutch: regen
** Afrikaans: reën
** Negerhollands: regen, regn, rign, regon
** Skepi Creole Dutch: regen, ragin
* Limburgish: raenger
* West Flemish: rin, rein

### Further reading

* “reghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “regen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈrɛɡɛn/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈreːɡɛn/, /ˈrɛɡɛn/

### Noun

regen
* Soft mutation of rhegen.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.