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To travel through a country, region, or continent and visit different places in order to get to know them.
In seiner Jugend hat er viele Länder Asiens bereist.
In his youth, he traveled through many countries in Asia.
The prefix 'be-' is inseparable, which means it stays firmly attached to the verb in all sentence forms. It also makes the verb transitive: it always needs a direct object.
Er hat letztes Jahr den ganzen Balkan bereist.
He traveled through the entire Balkans last year.
The country or region that one visits always comes directly after the verb in the accusative. You do not use a preposition like 'in' or 'durch' (through).
Wir bereisen die gesamte Westküste mit dem Auto.
We are traveling along the entire West Coast by car.
The object of 'bereisen' (to travel through) is usually a larger geographical unit. Typical objects are 'ein Land' (a country), 'eine Region' (a region), 'einen Kontinent' (a continent), or 'die Welt' (the world).
Viele träumen davon, einmal die ganze Welt zu bereisen.
Many people dream of traveling the whole world one day.
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Reisen generally describes being on the move and is often used with a directional phrase such as „durch Italien“. Bereisen takes a country or region directly as its object and emphasizes visiting and getting to know different places there.
Im Sommer bereisen wir Italien und besuchen mehrere Städte.
In summer, we are traveling around Italy and visiting several cities.
Im Sommer reisen wir mit dem Zug durch Italien.
In summer, we are traveling through Italy by train.
