rieseln
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German riselen, from an iterative form of Old High German rīsan, related to Reise and equivalent to Middle High German risen + -eln.
Pronunciation
Verb
rieseln (weak, third-person singular present rieselt, past tense rieselte, past participle gerieselt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive) to sprinkle [auxiliary sein]
- (intransitive) to trickle [auxiliary sein]
- (intransitive) to rustle, to babble (make a sound like softly flowing water) [auxiliary haben]
Conjugation
infinitive | rieseln | ||||
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present participle | rieselnd | ||||
past participle | gerieselt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich riesle ich riesele ich riesel |
wir rieseln | i | ich riesele ich riesle |
wir rieseln |
du rieselst | ihr rieselt | du rieselest du rieslest |
ihr rieselet ihr rieslet | ||
er rieselt | sie rieseln | er riesele er riesle |
sie rieseln | ||
preterite | ich rieselte | wir rieselten | ii | ich rieselte1 | wir rieselten1 |
du rieseltest | ihr rieseltet | du rieseltest1 | ihr rieseltet1 | ||
er rieselte | sie rieselten | er rieselte1 | sie rieselten1 | ||
imperative | riesle (du) riesel (du) riesele (du) |
rieselt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rieseln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “rieseln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “rieseln” in Duden online
- “rieseln” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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