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Rennen

Rennen

See also: rennen and rënnen

German

Noun

Rennen n (genitive Rennens, plural Rennen)

  1. (sports) race, a competitive event in sports.
    Nur ein Sportler kann dieses Rennen gewinnen. — Only one sportsman can win in this race.
  2. the act of running.
    Das Rennen kann für den menschlichen Körper eine große Belastung sein. — Running can mean a great strain for the human body.

Derived terms

rennen

rennen

See also: Rennen and rënnen

Dutch

Alternative forms

Verb

rennen

  1. (intransitive, about people or animals) to run, to move fast
  2. (intransitive, about fluids) to run, flow, stream
  3. (intransitive, about fluids) to flow together, combine, thicken
  4. (intransitive) to leak, seep trough
Inflection
Inflection of rennen (weak)
infinitive rennen
past singular rende
past participle gerend
infinitive rennen
gerund rennen n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular ren rende
2nd person sing. (jij) rent rende
2nd person sing. (u) rent rende
2nd person sing. (gij) rent rende
3rd person singular rent rende
plural rennen renden
subjunctive sing.1 renne rende
subjunctive plur.1 rennen renden
imperative sing. ren
imperative plur.1 rent
participles rennend gerend
1) Archaic.
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • renner
  • wedrennen
  • hondenrennen
  • paardenrennen

Etymology 2

Noun

rennen

  1. Plural form of ren

German

Etymology

From a merger of Old High German rennan (from Proto-Germanic *rannijaną), and Old High German rinnan (from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną). A similar development of merging roots can be seen in Dutch rennen and English run as well.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʁɛnən]

Verb

rennen (strong, third-person singular simple present rennt, past tense rannte, past participle gerannt, past subjunctive rennte, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive, auxiliary: “sein) to run; to race; to sprint (said of competeting sportsmen, animals etc.)
    So schnell wie Mike rennt niemand in der Klasse. — In this class, nobody runs as fast as Mike.
    Der Gepard ist das Säugetier, welches am schnellsten rennen kann. — The cheetah is the mammal which can run the fastest.
  2. (transitive, auxiliary: “haben) to run over (someone)
    jemanden zu Boden rennen — “to run someone to the ground”

Usage notes

Although laufen is used more frequently than rennen in the sense of to run, the latter is often used to describe running fast or to an excessive degree, like a hunting animal or a sprinter does.

Die Sportler rannten alle sehr schnell. — The sportsmen all ran very fast. -but- Sie laufen, wie jeden Morgen, zu Fuß zur Schule. — They run (or jog) to school on foot as they do every morning.

Conjugation

As a result of the merger of Old High German rinnan and rennan, the verb does follow the same ablaut-pattern as kennen but has regular endings in its preterite and past participle like other weak conjugated verbs.

Derived terms

See also


Japanese

Romanization

rennen

  1. rōmaji reading of れんねん

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Cognate with German rennen, Dutch rennen, English run.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʀænən/
  • Rhymes: -ænən

Verb

rennen (third-person singular present rennt, past participle gerannt, auxiliary verb sinn)

  1. (intransitive) to run

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive rennen
participle gerannt
auxiliary sinn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular rennen
2nd singular renns renn
3rd singular rennt
1st plural rennen
2nd plural rennt rennt
3rd plural rennen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Synonyms