Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

risen

/ˈɹɪ.zən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables: ri-sen
IPA: /ˈɹɪ.zən/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of rise

adj

Having risen.

name

A surname from German.

Example Sentences

"the scent of newly risen bread"

Etymology

Morphologically rise + -n.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Riesen
Suffix: rise

Inflected Forms

Risens (plural)

Derived Forms

rerisen unrisen

Rhymes With

prison arisen imprison kisan dizon krizan mizzen bedizen wizen bedizzen

Questions

How do you pronounce risen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɪ.zən/.
What does risen mean?: past participle of rise
Where does risen come from?: It is traced to German.

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