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- Perfect (spoken past): ist (he)reingekommenPreterite (written past): kam (he)reinsee details >1.
- to come in, to enter, to go in
- (In the literal sense of coming into a venue. Also for ingredients and spices "going into" food.)
Opposite (closest): (he)rauskommen - Perfect (spoken past): hat reinbekommenPreterite (written past): bekam reinsee details >1.
- to manage to get something in
- (Think of managing to squeeze that extra sweater into your already full luggage.)
Opposite (closest): (he)rausbekommen - Perfect (spoken past): hat reingebrachtPreterite (written past): brachte reinsee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingedrücktPreterite (written past): drückte reinsee details >1.
- to press in
- (Colloquially also used in context of giving someone unwanted work.)
Opposite (closest): rausdrücken - Perfect (spoken past): ist reingefahrenPreterite (written past): fuhr rein1.
- to drive in(to)
- (Works for driving into a garage or tunnel, but also for driving into another car.)
Opposite (closest): rausfahrensee details >2.- to retract, to pull in
- (For things that were mechanically extended. Think of the sun-blinds of a restaurant. Spoken past is built with "haben".)
Opposite (closest): rausfahren - Perfect (spoken past): ist reingefallenPreterite (written past): fiel rein1.
- fall into it
- (literal sense of falling into a hole or something)
see details >2.- fall for a trap or prank
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingefasstPreterite (written past): fasste reinsee details >1.
- to grab inside, to reach inside
- (In the literal sense. Think of grabbing into the toilet bowl because you dropped your phone inside. )
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingefeiertPreterite (written past): feierte reinsee details >1.
- to party "into"
- (Starting the party the evening before the actual "event". Most common context is a birthday, where you start the party the evening before and everyone congratulates at midnight, when the actual birthday starts. VERY common.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingegebenPreterite (written past): gab reinsee details >1.
- to give/hand in/inside
- (In the very literal sense. Think for example of you being in a tent and someone handing you in a coffee. Also used for giving ideas into a meeting.)
Opposite (closest): rausgeben - Perfect (spoken past): ist reingegangenPreterite (written past): ging reinsee details >2.
- to fit inside
- (Same idea as the other one, just a little more abstract. )
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingegriffenPreterite (written past): griff reinsee details >1.
- to grab inside
- (Put your hand into a hole or container to grab something.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingegucktPreterite (written past): guckte reinsee details >2.
- to give a try, to take a look
- (For a movie or TV series or even a book. Someone recommends it and you promise to take a look.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingehabtPreterite (written past): hatte reinsee details >1.
- to have into (it)
- (Mostly used in context of food. Like for instance having some chili sauce into your soup. Only used in combindation with "wollen" or "können". The focus is on the moment of putting in. The state of "being in" would be "drinhaben".)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingehaltenPreterite (written past): hielt reinsee details >1.
- to hold something in somewhere
- (Quite literal. Think of holding a foot into the water.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingehauen/reingehautPreterite (written past): haute rein1.
- to head out, to leave
- (very colloquial)
2.- to eat a lot and with joy
- (very colloquial)
3.- to have a strong effect
- (for alcohol and drugs)
see details >4.- to punch someone in the face
- ("jemandem eine reinhauen")
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingeholtPreterite (written past): holte reinsee details >1.
- to take in(side)
- (In the sense of "fetch from outside". Think the pillows from the balcony.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingehörtPreterite (written past): hörte reinsee details >1.
- to give a (sample) listen
- (Like trying a dish, but for music. Very practical verb if a friend recommends you some band or something.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingekriegtPreterite (written past): kriegte rein1.
- to manage to get something inside somewhere
- (Think of squeezing the contraband unicorn fur into your luggage.)
Opposite (closest): rauskriegensee details >2.- to catch a blow
- ("eine reinkriegen" - colloquial phrasing., only works in combination with "ein".)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingelassenPreterite (written past): ließ reinsee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): ist reingelaufenPreterite (written past): lief reinsee details >1.
- to run/walk inside
- (There's an element of hurry. The more "neutral" word for people going inside is "reingehen". Also works for liquid leaking in somewhere.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingelegtPreterite (written past): legte rein1.
- to put/lay something into something
- (Literal.)
see details >2.- to trick someone
- (Colloquial,, also works for pranks.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingelesenPreterite (written past): las rein1.
- to read something into
- (As in taking something out of it that's not really in the text. )
see details >2.- to read yourself into
- ("sich+Acc reinlesen in" - the idea is that you slowly get to like something by reading. Like... a book you find boring at first but then you slowly get into it.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingemachtPreterite (written past): machte reinsee details >1.
- to put in, to add
- (A pretty generic word that's used when "reinstecken" and "reinlegen" and "reinstellen" don't really fit. )
Opposite (closest): rausmachen - Perfect (spoken past): hat reingenommenPreterite (written past): nahm rein1.
- to take inside
- (Mostly for taking someone inside somewhere with you. It can theoretically be used for literally taking something inside (like a plant from a balcony), but "reinholen" or "reinbringen" are more idiomatic in that sense. )
Opposite (closest): (he)rausnehmensee details >2.- to include
- (Quite rare overall. ONLY for including an item in some sort of list. Think of a musician deciding to include a certain song in their new album. NOT for including in the sense of "intergrating, welcoming". )
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingepasstPreterite (written past): passte reinsee details >1.
- to fit in
- (Can be about physically fitting as well as the figurative use.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingerechnetPreterite (written past): rechnete reinsee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingeschnuppertPreterite (written past): schnupperte reinsee details >1.
- to dabble in, to try out
- (In the sense of trying an action or a book or series to get a quick impression.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingeschriebenPreterite (written past): schrieb reinsee details >1.
- to write something "into"
- (Either literally writing something into something (like a book, for example) or adding something to a text. )
Opposite (closest): rausschreiben - Perfect (spoken past): hat reingesetztPreterite (written past): setzte rein1.
- to go sit inside
- ("sich+Acc reinsetzen" - think of sitting on a terrace and then it starts raining.)
see details >2.- to take a seat "in it"
- (For a comfy chair or a couch. For chairs "raufsetzen" is the better option.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingesprochenPreterite (written past): sprach reinsee details >1.
- to speak into (it)
- (Mostly used in context of speaking (properly) into a mic.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingestochenPreterite (written past): stach reinsee details >1.
- to stab into
- (The "destination" of the stab has been established before.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingestecktPreterite (written past): steckte reinsee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): ist reingestiegenPreterite (written past): stieg reinsee details >1.
- to get into (it), to climb into (it)
- (Literally "getting in" into a location. The best example I can think of is a bathtub or a dug out hole. NOT used in the context of means of transportation. )
Opposite (closest): (he)raussteigen - Perfect (spoken past): hat reingestelltPreterite (written past): stellte rein1.
- to put inside
- (Vertically. Think beer into a fridge.)
see details >2.- to put up on a website
- (For sale for instance.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingestopftPreterite (written past): stopfte reinsee details >1.
- to stuff in
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingetragenPreterite (written past): trug reinsee details >1.
- to carry inside
- (In the very literal sense of taking something from outside to the inside.)
Opposite (closest): raustragen - Perfect (spoken past): hat reingetanPreterite (written past): tat reinsee details >1.
- to put/stick something inside
- (Works for putting stuff in your pocket as well as putting spices into a soup. The "fancy" version is "hineintun".)
Opposite (closest): (he)rausnehmen - Perfect (spoken past): hatPreterite (written past):see details >1.
- to grow into something
- (Usually some sort of role or piece of clothing.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingewaschenPreterite (written past): wusch reinsee details >1.
- to whitewash
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingeworfenPreterite (written past): warf reinsee details >1.
- to throw something inside somewhere
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingezogenPreterite (written past): zog rein1.
- to pull inside
- (In a literal sense.)
see details >2.- to check something out, to take something in
- ("sich+Dat etwas reinziehen" - colloquial term for consuming something. Used mainly for content, facts and drugs. Not so much for food.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingefundenPreterite (written past): fand reinsee details >1.
- to come to grips with, to learn the ropes of
- (Slowly digging in to a new topic or task.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat reingesteigertPreterite (written past): steigerte reinsee details >1.
- to obsess over something
- (In the sense of getting more and more consumed by it. Usually used in a negative sense for issues, anger or problems)
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