Regen

See also: regen, régen, and Ręgen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreːɡən/, [ˈʁeː.ɡŋ̍], [-ɡən]
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  • Hyphenation: Re‧gen

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

Regen m (strong, genitive Regens, plural Regen)

  1. rain
Usage notes

The plural form is seldom used.

Declension
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

The river name is the oldest, attested in Latin sources as Regana, Reganum, or Reganus, of unknown further ancestry.

Proper noun

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

  1. A river in Bavaria
Derived terms
  • Regendorf
  • Regenhütte
  • Regenpeilstein
  • Regensburg
  • Regenstauf
  • Reinhausen
  • Weißenregen

Proper noun

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

  1. A town and rural district of Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Derived terms
  • Regener

Proper noun

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 transferred from the place name

See also

  • Sächsisch Regen, historical German name of the Romanian city of Reghin.

German Low German

Noun

Regen m (no plural)

  1. Alternative form of Ręgen (rain)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Regen m

  1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf
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