Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rain]

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. rain

Verb

regn

1. imperative of regne

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɹɛkn]

  Rhymes: -ɛkn

Noun

regn n (genitive singular regns, uncountable)

1. rain

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛkn]

  Rhymes: -ɛkn

Noun

regn n ‎(genitive singular regns, no plural)

1. rain

Declension

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (rain): rigning

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

regn n ‎(definite singular regnet) (uncountable)

1. rain

Related terms

• regne

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

regn

1. imperative of regne

References

• “regn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

regn n ‎(definite singular regnet) (uncountable)

1. rain

Derived terms

Old English

Noun

reġn m

1. rain

Derived terms

• regnboga

Descendants

• Middle English: reyn, rein
  • English: rain

Old Norse

Etymology

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).

Noun

regn n

1. rain

Descendants

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛŋn/

Noun

regn n

1. (countable and uncountable) rain

Declension

Related terms