To rain in German 🇩🇪

regnen info.

Tips to remember the German word “regnen”:
– “Regnen” sounds similar to “reign,” and you might think of the rain as reigning over the sky.
– Visualize rain falling over Germany—this can encode the weather connection to the location, thus the language.
– Remember this sentence: “When it starts to pour, in German, it’s ‘regnen’ we implore.”

Explanations:
– “Regnen” is the infinitive form of the German verb that means “to rain.”
– It is a regular verb, so its conjugation follows standard German patterns.
– This verb is usually used impersonally, since rain isn’t something that an individual or object can do intentionally.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– “Nieseln” is a lighter form of rain, closer to “drizzle.”
– “Schütten” is a colloquial term that implies heavy pouring rain.

Infinitive conjugation in different tenses:
– Infinitive: regnen (to rain)
– Present (Präsens): es regnet (it is raining)
– Simple Past (Präteritum): es regnete (it rained)
– Compound Past (Perfekt): es hat geregnet (it has rained)
– Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt): es hatte geregnet (it had rained)
– Simple Future (Futur I): es wird regnen (it will rain)
– Future Perfect (Futur II): es wird geregnet haben (it will have rained)

Examples of sentences using “regnen”:
– Es regnet heute. (It is raining today.)
– Gestern hat es den ganzen Tag geregnet. (Yesterday it rained all day.)
– Wenn es morgen regnet, bleiben wir drinnen. (If it rains tomorrow, we will stay inside.)
– Im Sommer regnet es hier selten. (It seldom rains here in the summer.)
– Es sieht so aus, als würde es bald regnen. (It looks like it is going to rain soon.)

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