reuen

Meaning

  1. (weak) to regret, to be sorry (for), to rue
  2. (weak) to repent (of)

Synonyms

Schuld bewusst sein

Reue zeigen

im Büßerhemd gehen

Asche auf sein Haupt streuen

Asche aufs Haupt streuen

im Büßergewand herumlaufen

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

reie

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as
reu‧en
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʁɔʏ̯ən/
Etymology

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

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