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German

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Etymology

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From a merger of:

Cognates include Dutch rouwen, English rue, Old Norse hryggva,

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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Further reading

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