reuen
German, verb/ˈʁɔʏ̯ən/
reuen is spelled R-E-U-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written German, the 339,062nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reuen is a German verb meaning “to regret, to be sorry (for), to rue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sein eigenes Handeln/Denken bedauern”.
What does reuen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to regret, to be sorry (for), to rue
- 2
to repent (of)
Es reut ihn.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sein eigenes Handeln/Denken bedauern
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 reuen
- reut present singular third-person
- reute past
- gereut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- reuend participle present
- reue first-person indicative present
- reust indicative present second-person
- reuest second-person singular subjunctive
- reuet plural second-person subjunctive
- reuten first-person indicative plural
- reutest indicative preterite second-person
- reutet indicative plural preterite
- reu imperative second-person singular
- habe gereut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gereut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- gereut haben active infinitive perfect
- zu reuen active extended infinitive
- gereut zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reuen?
- /ˈʁɔʏ̯ən/
- [ˈʁɔʏ̯n]
- [ˈʁɔɪ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is reuen in German?
reuen appears about once in every 33 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).