reffen
German, verb[ˈʁɛfn̩]
reffen is a German verb meaning “to reef (shorten a sail in high wind)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die dem Wind ausgesetzte Segelfläche verkleinern”.
What does reffen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reef (shorten a sail in high wind)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die dem Wind ausgesetzte Segelfläche verkleinern
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 reffen
- refft present singular third-person
- reffte past
- gerefft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- reffend participle present
- reffe first-person indicative present
- reffst indicative present second-person
- reffest second-person singular subjunctive
- reffet plural second-person subjunctive
- refften first-person indicative plural
- refftest indicative preterite second-person
- refftet indicative plural preterite
- reff imperative second-person singular
- habe gerefft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gerefft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- reff! imperative singular
- reffe! imperative singular
- refft! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reffen?
- [ˈʁɛfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reffen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reffen in German?
reffen appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).