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Where does “ragen” come from?

ragen (German) comes from Middle High German ragen, from Old High German hragēn, from Proto-West Germanic *hragōn.

ragen (German): to rise up out; to stick out, to jut out

Definitions

  1. to rise up out; to stick out, to jut out

Ancestry of “ragen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanragen—
2Old High Germanhragēn—
3Proto-West Germanic*hragōn—

Words derived from “ragen”

  • hinausragen
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