verb
to clean, to cleanse
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Reinigen is a regular weak verb meaning 'to clean' or 'to cleanse'. It uses haben as auxiliary; past participle gereinigt. Non‑reflexive and inseparable. Often transitive (etw. reinigen). Forms: Präsens reinige/reinigst; passive formed with werden (wird gereinigt). Imperative exists: reinige!, reinigt!
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Ich reinige das Fenster jeden Samstag.
I clean the window every Saturday.
Die Mitarbeiter reinigten die Maschinen, nachdem der Betrieb beendet war, damit am nächsten Morgen die Produktion beginnen konnte.
The employees cleaned the machines after the operation had ended so that production could start the next morning.
Die Anlage reinigt das Wasser, bevor es in das System gelangt.
The plant cleanses the water before it enters the system.
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Picture scrubbing a surface until it becomes 're-in-gleaming' to remember 'reinigen'.
Sounds like 'ray-nigh-gen' — think 're-NEAT-igen' = make neat again.
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reinigen is a regular (weak) transitive verb meaning to clean something. It normally takes a direct object but can be used in passive constructions.