Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To kindle again.

    wiederentfachen

    arouse again

  2. (intransitive)To be kindled or ignited again.

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To revive.

    After being abroad for a decade, when he came back he rekindled his obsession with cricket.

    wiederentfachen

Examples

16 sentences

  1. Storytelling rekindles the interest in narrative.

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  2. Sami rekindled the ties with his children.

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  3. How can I rekindle romance in my marriage?

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  4. Yanni wants to rekindle romance in his marriage.

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  5. Seeing the photo rekindled old memories in her.

    deAls sie das Foto sah, wurden alte Erinnerungen wieder in ihr wach. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
To kindle once again:

Forms

rekindles, rekindling, rekindled, rekindled
Base formrekindle · to rekindle
3rd person singularrekindles
Present participlerekindling
Past simplerekindled
Past participlerekindled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrekindle
he, she, itrekindles

Past simpleLesson

all personsrekindled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rekindled
he, she, ithas rekindled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rekindle

Word family

1 related words
Derivedrekindler

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rejoinderrejuvenaterejuvenationrelapseC1relatablerelateB1
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