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From Middle High German ruo(we)n, from Old High German ruowēn. See Ruhe (“rest”).

ruhen (weak, third-person singular present ruht, past tense ruhte, past participle geruht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, of something animate) to rest; to sleep
    Synonyms: pausieren, rasten
  2. (intransitive, euphemistic) to be buried, to lie
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 31:

      Bei einem Patrouillenritt, zu dem er sich freiwillig gemeldet, war der älteste der Enkel gefallen. Ruhte nun fern in Feindesland.

      On a patrolling ride, for which he had volunteered, the oldest of the grandchildren had died. He now lay far away in enemy country.
  3. (intransitive, of something inanimate) to be positioned; to rest
    Synonyms: befinden, stehen
  4. (intransitive, of a process or event) to stall; to be suspended

Composed forms of ruhen (weak, auxiliary haben)

  • “ruhen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “ruhen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “ruhen” in Duden online
  • “ruhen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish روحاً (ruhen), from Arabic رُوحًا (rūḥan) adverbial accusative of رُوح (rūḥ, “spirit, soul”).[1]

  • IPA(key): /ɾuːˈhen/
  • Hyphenation: ru‧hen

ruhen

  1. spiritually, in spirit
    Synonym: ruhça
  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ruh”, in Nişanyan Sözlük