rennen

• IPA^(key): /rɛ.nə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnən

A merger of two related verbs:

• Middle Dutch rinnen (“to flow, to run fast”), from Old Dutch *rinnan, from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną.
• Middle Dutch rennen (“to run/ride fast”), from Old Dutch *rennen, from Proto-Germanic *rannijaną.

• rinnen (obsolete)
• runnen (mainly sense thicken)

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 through

• (to move fast): hardlopen, lopen

• renner
• wedrennen
• hondenrennen
• paardenrennen

rennen

1. Plural form of ren

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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɛnən]

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rennen (irregular, 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 competing 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

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.

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.

• Rennen n
• Renner m
• Rennerei f
• herabrennen
• hinaufrennen
• nachrennen
• überrennen
• vorrennen
• wegrennen
• zurückrennen

• laufen
• rasen
• Raserei f

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rennen

1. Rōmaji transcription of れんねん

Cognate with German rennen, Dutch rennen, English run.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀænən/
• Rhymes: -ænən

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

1. (intransitive) to run

• (to run): lafen