reisen
German, verb
reisen is a German verb meaning “to travel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Reisen is a different word: “plural of Reise”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich von einem Ort zum nächsten bewegen; eine Reise unternehmen”.
What does reisen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to travel
Im Sommer wollen wir an das Rote Meer reisen.
verb
- 1
obsoleterareto rise
- 2
obsoleteto fall
Schon von Bäumen kommt geriesen Starke meng der Blätter fahl
noun
- 1
plural of Reise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich von einem Ort zum nächsten bewegen; eine Reise unternehmen
noun: 1. Fortbewegung von Ort zu Ort
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of reisen
- reist present singular third-person
- reiste past
- gereist participle past
- sein auxiliary
- reisend participle present
- reise first-person indicative present
- reisest second-person singular subjunctive
- reiset plural second-person subjunctive
- reisten first-person indicative plural
- reistest indicative preterite second-person
- reistet indicative plural preterite
- reis imperative second-person singular
- bin gereist first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind gereist first-person indicative multiword-construction
- reise! imperative singular
- reist! imperative plural
- gereist sein active infinitive perfect
- zu reisen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to reisen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reisen in German?
reisen appears 48 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).