regen

Meaning

  1. (transitive, weak) to move (a small amount or unconsciously)
  2. (reflexive, weak) to move (intransitive), to stir
  3. (reflexive, weak) to be active doing something, occupying oneself
  4. (reflexive, weak) to budge, to become noticeable

Frequency

B1
Etymology

In summary

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.

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