regen
German, verb
regen is spelled R-E-G-E-N (5 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written German, the 1,972nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Regen is a German verb meaning “to move (a small amount or unconsciously)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Regen is a different word: “rain”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine kleine, oft unbewusste Bewegung ausführen”.
What does regen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to move (a small amount or unconsciously)
Er regte seinen Finger so weit wie möglich.
- 2
to move (intransitive), to stir
- 3
to be active doing something, occupying oneself
- 4
to budge, to become noticeable
noun
- 1
masculinerain
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kondensierter Wasserdampf, der als Wassertropfen zu Boden fällt; Süßwasser 2. Dinge, die (wie Regen) über etwas fein verteilt werden oder in großer Anzahl zur Erde niedergehen
verb: 1. eine kleine, oft unbewusste Bewegung ausführen 2. allmählich entstehen, sichtbar/spürbar werden
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 regen
- regt present singular third-person
- regte past
- geregt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- regend participle present
- rege first-person indicative present
- regst indicative present second-person
- regest second-person singular subjunctive
- reget plural second-person subjunctive
- regten first-person indicative plural
- regtest indicative preterite second-person
- regtet indicative plural preterite
- reg imperative second-person singular
- habe geregt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geregt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- [1] 🌧️, ☔ symbol
- Regens genitive singular
- rege! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to regen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is regen in German?
regen appears 43 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).