Regen

From Middle High German regen, from Old High German regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną. Cognate with Yiddish רעגן‎ (regn), Dutch regen, English rain, Danish regn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːɡən/, [ˈʁeː.ɡŋ̍], [-ɡən]

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Regen m (strong, genitive Regens, plural Regen)

1. rain

The plural form is seldom used.

• regnerisch

Regen n (proper noun, genitive Regens or (optionally with an article) Regen)

1. A town in Bavaria, Germany

• Regener

der Regen m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Regens)

1. A river in Bavaria

Regen m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Regens or (with an article) Regen, feminine genitive Regen, plural Regens or Regen)

1. a surname

• “Regen” in Duden online
• “Regen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Regen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Regen”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Regen m (no plural)

1. Alternative form of Ręgen (rain)

• Regin (Midlandsnormalen)

From Old Norse Reginn, likely related to regin (“the gods, the powers”).

• IPA^(key): /²rɛː.ʝən/, /²rɛɪː.ən/, /²rɛː.ɡən/

Regen m

1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf