reichen

See also: Reichen

German

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German reihhen, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną. Compare Dutch reiken, English reach.

reichen (weak, third-person singular present reicht, past tense reichte, past participle gereicht, auxiliary haben)

(intransitive) to reach (extend a certain distance)
Der Turm reicht fast bis zum Himmel.
The tower almost reaches the sky.
(ditransitive) to pass, to hand, to serve, to put within reach
Bitte reich mir die Butter.
Please pass the butter.

Reichen wir uns die Hand.
Let's shake hands. (Lit. Let's reach our hands out to each other.)
(intransitive) to suffice, to be enough, to do (for a certain purpose)
Vier Äpfel reichen für den Strudel.
Four apples are enough for the strudel.

Mir reicht's! ― I've had enough!
- 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 25/2010, page 129:
  Zudem schrumpfen in Deutschland die Jahrgänge. Das Angebot an Arbeitnehmern, auch im Top-Bereich, wird bald nicht mehr reichen, um den Bedarf zu decken.
  In addition the age groups are shrinking in Germany. The supply of workers, also in the top region, will soon be no longer sufficient to cover the demand.

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reichen

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- Bavarian: reicha, reichn
- Cimbrian: rékhan
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Yiddish: גרייכן‎ (greykhn)

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