Reiät

Reißen is a common German verb meaning to tear, rip, or tear open. The form reißt is the third-person singular present indicative: er/sie/es reißt. It is used with a direct object to describe something being torn, as in Er reißt das Seil (He tears the rope). It can also be used figuratively, such as Situationen oder Gefühle, die jemanden aus der Ruhe reißen (situations or feelings that shake someone out of their calm) or jemanden aus dem Schlaf reißen (to wake someone suddenly).

Conjugation and forms: In the present tense, the forms are ich reiße, du reißt, er/sie/es reißt, wir reißen, ihr reißt, sie reißen. The simple past (Präteritum) is typically er riss, and the past participle is gerissen, used with auxiliary haben to form the perfect: ich habe gerissen. The present form reißt is often distinguished from reißt, the verb reisten (to travel) in other contexts, but reißt specifically conveys tearing.

Usage notes: Reißen is a strong verb with ablaut; the stem changes from rei- in the present to riss in the past. The word appears in both literal contexts (cloth, rope, glass) and idiomatic expressions (aus der Ruhe reißen, aus dem Schlaf reißen). In everyday language, it can describe abrupt interruptions or violent tearing of items. Related verbs include zerreißen (to tear into pieces) and durchreißen (to tear through).