riegeln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rigelen (“to bolt, to lock”), from Old High German rigilōn (“to protect”).[1]

Pronunciation
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Verb

riegeln (weak, third-person singular present riegelt, past tense riegelte, past participle geriegelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, archaic) to bolt (a door)
    Synonyms: verriegeln, abriegeln, zuriegeln

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “riegeln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “riegeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “riegeln” in Duden online
  • “riegeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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