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Bavarian
Etymology 1
From Middle High German regen (“to make protrude, to erect, to excite, to move”), effective of ragen.
Pronunciation
Verb
regn (past participle gregt)
- (transitive) to move (a small amount or unconsciously)
- (reflexive) to move
Conjugation
Synonyms
- bewegn
- riarn
Derived terms
- åregn
- aufregn
- oregn
Etymology 2
From Middle High German regen, from Old High German regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.
Alternative forms
Noun
regn
References
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish ræghn, from Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.
Pronunciation
Noun
regn c (singular definite regnen, not used in plural form)
Declension
Verb
regn
- imperative of regne
References
- “regn” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.
Pronunciation
Noun
regn n (genitive singular regns, uncountable)
Declension
Further reading
- "regn" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.
Pronunciation
Noun
regn n (genitive singular regns, no plural)
Declension
Derived terms
- regnbogi
- regnkápa
- regnskógur
- regnstígvél
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Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Norse regn n; common pronunciation is from Danish regn c
Noun
regn n (definite singular regnet, uncountable)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
regn
- imperative of regne
References
- “regn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną of unclear origin. Akin to English rain.
Pronunciation
Noun
regn n (definite singular regnet, uncountable)
Derived terms
See also
Verb
regn
- imperative of regna
- (dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) alternative form of regna (“to rain”)
References
- “regn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *regn (changed to masculine), from Proto-Germanic *regną (neuter).
Pronunciation
Noun
reġn m
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Derived terms
Descendants
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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
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “regn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
regn n (plural regnuri)
Declension
Further reading
- “regn”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ræghn, from Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną, from Proto-Indo-European *rek-, *reg-, *reḱ-, *reǵ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
regn n
- (countable and uncountable) rain
- regnet faller
- [the] rain falls
Declension
Related terms
- arlaregn
- blodregn
- dagsregn
- duggregn
- hällregn
- höstregn
- monsunregn
- passadregn
- regna
- regnbåge
- regndroppe
- regnig
- regnjacka
- regnmoln
- regnperiod
- regnskog
- regnställ
- regnvatten
- regnvåt
- skvalregn
- slagregn
- snöregn
- solregn
- sommarregn
- spöregn
- strilregn
- störtregn
- vårregn
- åskregn
- ösregn
figurative
- askregn
- eldregn
- gnistregn
- godisregn
- granatregn
- guldregn
- konfettiregn
- kulregn
- medaljregn
- pilregn
- stenregn
References
- regn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- regn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- regn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Svensk MeSH
- regn in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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