regende

Regende is the simple past tense form of the Dutch verb regenen, meaning to rain. It describes rain that occurred in the past and is typically used with weather expressions and impersonal subjects such as het. For example, Het regende gisteren de hele dag means it rained all day yesterday. In modern Dutch, the common alternative for past events is the perfect tense, as in Het heeft geregend, which translates to It has rained.

The infinitive of the verb is regenen, and its past participle is geregend. The present tense form used for current rain is regent. The word regenen is of Germanic origin and is cognate with German regen (to rain) and the English noun rain, reflecting a shared linguistic ancestry among related languages.

Usage notes emphasize that while regende is grammatically correct for past narration, many speakers prefer the perfect tense in everyday conversation. Regende may appear more often in written narration, historical accounts, or regional speech where the imperfect past is preserved.

See also: regenen, the infinitive form; regen, the related Dutch noun meaning rain.