verb
to travel
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Reisen: means 'to travel' (go on trips) and 'to journey' in general. It’s a regular weak verb using sein as auxiliary in perfects (ich bin gereist). Not reflexive, not separable, regular conjugation with participle 'gereist' and present participle 'reisend'. forms.
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Ich bin viel gereist.
I have traveled a lot.
Die Kollegen reisten nach Berlin, weil dort die Konferenz stattfand.
The colleagues traveled to Berlin because the conference took place there.
Sie reiste um die Welt.
She traveled around the world.
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Imagine a suitcase rolling over a map — that motion is 'reisen'.
Sounds like 'rising' — think of moving/traveling.
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Reisen typically uses the auxiliary 'sein' in perfect tenses (er ist gereist). It is intransitive and often describes movement from one place to another. | Intransitive verb; passive forms are not applicable.