rein
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English rein, reyne, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reyne, resne, from Early Medieval Latin retina, ultimately from Classical Latin retineō (“hold back”), from re- + teneō (“keep, hold”). Compare modern French rêne.
Displaced native Old English ġewealdleþer (literally “control leather”).
Noun
rein (plural reins)
- A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
- (figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
- The government is attempting to keep a rein on rising prices.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Let their eyes rove without rein.
Derived terms
Translations
strap or rope
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Verb
rein (third-person singular simple present reins, present participle reining, simple past and past participle reined)
- (transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
- [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volumes (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
- He mounts and reins his horse.
- (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
- Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance.
- 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
- After an interval that he judged to have lasted twenty minutes, the bed began to shake with poorly reined sobs.
- (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
- 2011, Marie Claire Peck, Rocking Horse Ranch, page 40:
- She worked each horse at a walk, trot, and then a canter. The horses reined well and executed stops quickly.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- draw rein
- free rein
- hand over the reins
- hold the reins
- keep a tight rein on
- rein back
- rein in
- rein up
- take the reins
Translations
to direct or stop a horse using reins
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Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman reines, Middle French reins, and their source, Latin rēnēs. Doublet of ren.
Noun
rein (plural reins)
- (now rare, archaic, chiefly in plural) A kidney.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- a man subject to these like imaginations […] hath often the stone imaginarily, before he have it in his reines […].
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Lamentations 3:13:
- He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
- The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 23:16:
- My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 2:23:
- I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.
Anagrams
Noun
rein
References
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.
Etymology
From Middle Dutch reine, from Old Dutch reini, from Proto-West Germanic *hrainī, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
rein (comparative reiner, superlative reinst)
Declension
| Declension of rein | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | rein | |||
| inflected | reine | |||
| comparative | reiner | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | rein | reiner | het reinst het reinste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | reine | reinere | reinste |
| n. sing. | rein | reiner | reinste | |
| plural | reine | reinere | reinste | |
| definite | reine | reinere | reinste | |
| partitive | reins | reiners | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Anagrams
Noun
rein
Anagrams
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French rein, from Old French rein, from the plural reins, from Latin rēnes < rēn, from Proto-Italic *hrēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rein m (plural reins)
- (anatomy) kidney
- (in the plural) small of the back, waist
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “rein”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German reine, from Old High German reini, from Proto-West Germanic *hrainī, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz, from Proto-Indo-European *króy-n-is, from *krey- (“divide, sift”). Cognate with Old Saxon hreni, (Low German ren), Dutch rein, Old Norse hreinn (Swedish ren), Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “separate, decide, judge”), Old Irish criathar, English riddle (“sieve”).
Adjective
rein (strong nominative masculine singular reiner, comparative reiner, superlative am reinsten)
- pure, clear, plain
- 2010, Der Spiegel, number 24/2010, page 131:
- Natürlich ist eine Weltmeisterschaft kein reines Sportevent mehr, sie ist sicher auch ein bisschen Welt- und Entwicklungspolitik.
- Of course, a world championship is no longer a pure sports event, it surely is also a bit of world and development politics.
Declension
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist rein | sie ist rein | es ist rein | sie sind rein | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | reiner | reine | reines | reine |
| genitive | reinen | reiner | reinen | reiner | |
| dative | reinem | reiner | reinem | reinen | |
| accusative | reinen | reine | reines | reine | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der reine | die reine | das reine | die reinen |
| genitive | des reinen | der reinen | des reinen | der reinen | |
| dative | dem reinen | der reinen | dem reinen | den reinen | |
| accusative | den reinen | die reine | das reine | die reinen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein reiner | eine reine | ein reines | (keine) reinen |
| genitive | eines reinen | einer reinen | eines reinen | (keiner) reinen | |
| dative | einem reinen | einer reinen | einem reinen | (keinen) reinen | |
| accusative | einen reinen | eine reine | ein reines | (keine) reinen | |
Positive forms of rein
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist reiner | sie ist reiner | es ist reiner | sie sind reiner | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | reinerer | reinere | reineres | reinere |
| genitive | reineren | reinerer | reineren | reinerer | |
| dative | reinerem | reinerer | reinerem | reineren | |
| accusative | reineren | reinere | reineres | reinere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der reinere | die reinere | das reinere | die reineren |
| genitive | des reineren | der reineren | des reineren | der reineren | |
| dative | dem reineren | der reineren | dem reineren | den reineren | |
| accusative | den reineren | die reinere | das reinere | die reineren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein reinerer | eine reinere | ein reineres | (keine) reineren |
| genitive | eines reineren | einer reineren | eines reineren | (keiner) reineren | |
| dative | einem reineren | einer reineren | einem reineren | (keinen) reineren | |
| accusative | einen reineren | eine reinere | ein reineres | (keine) reineren | |
Comparative forms of rein
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist am reinsten | sie ist am reinsten | es ist am reinsten | sie sind am reinsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | reinster | reinste | reinstes | reinste |
| genitive | reinsten | reinster | reinsten | reinster | |
| dative | reinstem | reinster | reinstem | reinsten | |
| accusative | reinsten | reinste | reinstes | reinste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der reinste | die reinste | das reinste | die reinsten |
| genitive | des reinsten | der reinsten | des reinsten | der reinsten | |
| dative | dem reinsten | der reinsten | dem reinsten | den reinsten | |
| accusative | den reinsten | die reinste | das reinste | die reinsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein reinster | eine reinste | ein reinstes | (keine) reinsten |
| genitive | eines reinsten | einer reinsten | eines reinsten | (keiner) reinsten | |
| dative | einem reinsten | einer reinsten | einem reinsten | (keinen) reinsten | |
| accusative | einen reinsten | eine reinste | ein reinstes | (keine) reinsten | |
Superlative forms of rein
Adverb
rein
- purely
- Unsere Beziehung ist rein platonisch.
- Our relationship is purely platonic.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Contraction of herein (“in here”), or hinein (“in there”).
Alternative forms
Adverb
rein
- (colloquial) inside, in here
- Er kommt jetzt rein. ― He's coming inside now.
- (colloquial) inside, in there
- Er geht rein zu den andern. ― He's going inside to the other people.
Usage notes
The standard language distinguishes the meanings of hinein (“in there: away from the speaker”) and herein (“in here: towards the speaker”). Rein is used for both meanings.
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “rein” in Duden online
- “rein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “rein”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Etymology
From Old Norse rein, reina, from Proto-Germanic *rainō. Cognate with English rean, German Rain.
Pronunciation
Noun
rein f (genitive singular reinar, nominative plural reinar)
- strip (of land)
Declension
| Declension of rein | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rein | reinin | reinar | reinarnar |
| accusative | rein | reinina | reinar | reinarnar |
| dative | rein | reininni | reinum | reinunum |
| genitive | reinar | reinarinnar | reina | reinanna |
Derived terms
- aðrein
- akrein
- frárein
Etymology
From Old Irish rígan (“queen”), from Proto-Celtic *rīganī. Cognate to Irish ríon, Scottish Gaelic rìghinn, rìbhinn, Welsh rhiain.
Pronunciation
Noun
rein f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
Derived terms
Noun
rein
- Alternative form of reyn (“rain”)
Etymology
From Old French rein.
Noun
rein m (plural reins)
Descendants
- French: rein
Etymology
Noun
rein m (plural reins)
Related terms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Adjective
rein (neuter singular reint, definite singular and plural reine, comparative reinere, indefinite superlative reinest, definite superlative reineste)
Etymology 2
Noun
rein m (definite singular reinen, indefinite plural reiner, definite plural reinene)
- a reindeer
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “rein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
rein (neuter singular reint, definite singular and plural reine, comparative reinare, indefinite superlative reinast, definite superlative reinaste)
Etymology 2
Noun
rein m (definite singular reinen, indefinite plural reinar, definite plural reinane)
- a reindeer, Rangifer tarandus
- 1855, Ivar Aasen, Ervingen:
- […] renna i Kapp med Reinen, um Raasi er tung og vaat: Dat maa ein Galning vera, som so vil fara aat.
- To race against the reindeer, if the road is soggy and wet: It must be a madman who wants to act like that.
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “rein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology 1
First attested in the plural as reins, from Latin rēnes, plural of the almost unused rēn.
Alternative forms
Noun
rein oblique singular, m (oblique plural reinz, nominative singular reinz, nominative plural rein)
- (anatomy) kidney
- (in the plural, reins) small of the back, lower back
Descendants
Etymology 2
See rien
Noun
rein oblique singular, f (oblique plural reinz, nominative singular rein, nominative plural reinz)
- Alternative form of rien
Adjective
rein
Pronunciation
Noun
rein (nominative plural reins)
Declension
declension of rein
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Synonyms
Etymology
From Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.
Pronunciation
Noun
rein c (no plural, diminutive reintsje)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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