"Rain" meaning in German

See Rain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʁaɪ̯n/ Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Michael Schoenitzer (MichaelSchoenitzer)-Rain.wav
Rhymes: -aɪ̯n Etymology: From Middle High German rein, which also appears in reinkurni, reinifano (“tansy”), Modern German Rainfarn, for this plant’s growing as field mark, from Old High German rein (“wall, baulk, ridge”), from Proto-West Germanic *rain, from Proto-Germanic *rainō, cognate with Icelandic rein, Swedish ren, English rean (“ridge, furrow, gutter”), French rain, Lithuanian raĩvė (“furrow”), Latvian riêva (“furrow”), Latin rīma (“slit”), all perhaps related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- and the antecedents of Reihe, English row, as well as to reif, English ripe. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|rein}} Middle High German rein, {{inh|de|goh|rein|t=wall, baulk, ridge}} Old High German rein (“wall, baulk, ridge”), {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*rain}} Proto-West Germanic *rain, {{der|de|gem-pro|*rainō}} Proto-Germanic *rainō, {{cog|is|rein}} Icelandic rein, {{cog|sv|ren}} Swedish ren, {{cog|en|rean|t=ridge, furrow, gutter}} English rean (“ridge, furrow, gutter”), {{cog|fr|rain}} French rain, {{cog|lt|raĩvė|t=furrow}} Lithuanian raĩvė (“furrow”), {{cog|lv|riêva|t=furrow}} Latvian riêva (“furrow”), {{cog|la|rīma|t=slit}} Latin rīma (“slit”), {{der|de|ine-pro|*h₁reh₁-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-, {{cog|en|row}} English row, {{cog|en|ripe}} English ripe Head templates: {{de-noun|m,s:es}} Rain m (strong, genitive Rains or Raines, plural Raine) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,s:es}} Forms: Rains [genitive], Raines [genitive], Raine [plural], strong [table-tags], Rain [nominative, singular], Raine [definite, nominative, plural], Rains [genitive, singular], Raines [genitive, singular], Raine [definite, genitive, plural], Rain [dative, singular], Raine [dative, singular], Rainen [dative, definite, plural], Rain [accusative, singular], Raine [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. edgepath (the space between two fields) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Rain-de-noun-h7WVuEUs Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. (Switzerland) small slope, incline Tags: Switzerland, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Rain-de-noun-lj8HiIId Categories (other): Switzerland German
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Rein [obsolete] Derived forms: anrainen, Anrainer, Berain
Related terms: Rainfarn, Rainhecke, Rainkohl, Rainpflanze, Rainstreifen, Ackerrain, Feldrain, Grasrain, Grenzrain, Waldrain, Wegrain, Wiesenrain

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Mitten durch die Feldmark zieht sich ein Rain neben dem Koppelwege hin. Wenn ich nicht Zeit habe, den fernen Wald aufzusuchen, gehe ich hierhin. Gestört werde ich von Menschen nicht.",
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      "homophone": "Rhein"
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      "audio": "LL-Q188 (deu)-Michael Schoenitzer (MichaelSchoenitzer)-Rain.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/LL-Q188_%28deu%29-Michael_Schoenitzer_%28MichaelSchoenitzer%29-Rain.wav/LL-Q188_%28deu%29-Michael_Schoenitzer_%28MichaelSchoenitzer%29-Rain.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/LL-Q188_%28deu%29-Michael_Schoenitzer_%28MichaelSchoenitzer%29-Rain.wav/LL-Q188_%28deu%29-Michael_Schoenitzer_%28MichaelSchoenitzer%29-Rain.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ̯n"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "rein"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Rhein"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Rein"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Rain"
}

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