regnbue

Danish

Etymology

From regn (rain) +‎ bue (bow), from Old Norse regnbogi (rainbow), from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rajnbuːə/, [ˈʁɑjnˌb̥uːə]

Noun

regnbue c (singular definite regnbuen, plural indefinite regnbuer)

  1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

Inflection

Declension of regnbue
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative regnbue regnbuen regnbuer regnbuerne
genitive regnbues regnbuens regnbuers regnbuernes

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse regnbogi (rainbow), from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô.

Pronunciation

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Noun

regnbue m (definite singular regnbuen, indefinite plural regnbuer, definite plural regnbuene)

  1. a rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
    i alle regnbuens farger - in all (the) colours of the rainbow

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