regn

regn

1. (Sappada, Sauris) rain

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

From Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɑɪ̯ˀn]

regn c (singular definite regnen, not used in plural form)

1. rain

regn

1. imperative of regne

• “regn” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛkn/

  Rhymes: -ɛkn

regn n (genitive singular regns, uncountable)

1. rain

From Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛkn/

  Rhymes: -ɛkn

regn n (genitive singular regns, no plural)

1. rain

• (rain): rigning

• IPA^(key): /reɡn/, [ɾɛŋn], [ɾæɪ̯n]
• Homophone: rein

From Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.

regn n (definite singular regnet, uncountable)

1. rain

• regne

regn

1. imperative of regne

• “regn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną. Akin to English rain.

• IPA^(key): /rɛɡn/

regn n (definite singular regnet, uncountable)

1. rain

regn

1. imperative of regna

• “regn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• rēn, reġen

From Proto-West Germanic *regn (changed to masculine), from Proto-Germanic *regną (neuter).

• IPA^(key): /rejn/

reġn m

1. rain

• morgenreġn (“morning rain”)
• reġnboga (“rainbow”)
• reġndropa (“raindrop”)
• reġniġ (“rainy”)
• reġnlīċ (“rainy”)
• reġnsċūr (“rain shower”)
• reġnwæter (“rainwater”)
• reġnwyrm (“earthworm”)
• riġnan (“to rain”)

• Middle English: ren, reȝn, reyn, rein
  • English: rain
  • Scots: rayn, rane
  • Yola: rhyne

From Proto-Germanic *regną. Cognate with Old English reġn (English rain), Old Saxon regan (Low German Ręgen), Old Dutch regan (Dutch regen), Old High German regan (German Regen), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 (rign).

regn n

1. rain

• Icelandic: regn
• Faroese: regn
• Norn: regen
• Norwegian Bokmål: regn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: regn
• Westrobothnian: rägn, rängen, regen, reän
• Old Swedish: ræghn
  • Swedish: regn
• Danish: regn
• Gutnish: regn

• “regn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From French règne, from Latin regnum.

regn n (plural regnuri)

1. regnum

From Old Swedish ræghn, from Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną, from Proto-Indo-European *rek-, *reg-, *reḱ-, *reǵ-.

• IPA^(key): /rɛŋn/

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regn n

1. (countable and uncountable) rain

• regn in Svensk ordbok.

• gren