regn

From Middle High German regen (“to make protrude, to erect, to excite, to move”), effective of ragen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːŋ/, /ˈre̞ːŋ/
• Hyphenation: regn
• Homophone: Regn

regn (past participle gregt)

1. (transitive) to move (a small amount or unconsciously)
2. (reflexive) to move

• bewegn
• riarn

• åregn
• aufregn
• oregn

From Middle High German regen, from Old High German regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.

• 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

• "regn" at Sprotin.fo

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛkn/

  Rhymes: -ɛkn

regn n (genitive singular regns, no plural)

1. rain

   Synonym: rigning

• (Riksmål-influenced) IPA^(key): /ɾæɪ̯n/
• (influenced by Norwegian dialects, sometimes considered as colloquial) IPA^(key): /reɡn/, [ɾɛŋn]
• Homophone: rein

Inherited from Old Norse regn n; common pronunciation is from Danish regn c

regn n (definite singular regnet, uncountable)

1. rain

• regne

regn

1. imperative of regne

• “regn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Inherited from Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną of unclear origin. Akin to English rain.

• IPA^(key): /rɛɡn/

regn n (definite singular regnet, uncountable)

1. rain

• torevatn

regn

1. imperative of regna
2. (dialectal, Trøndersk, Northern Norway) alternative form of regna (“to rain”)

• “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

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: reyn, rain, rayn, rayne, rein, reine, reigne, ren, ræin, reȝȝn (Early Middle English)
  • English: rain
  • Scots: rain
  • Yola: rhyne, ryne

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
  • Russenorsk: regel
• Old Swedish: ræghn
  • Swedish: regn
• Danish: regn c
• Gutnish: regn

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “regn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Borrowed from French règne, from Latin regnum.

• IPA^(key): /reɡn/

regn n (plural regnuri)

1. regnum

• “regn”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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

   regnet faller

   [the] rain falls

• 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)

• gren