"Rainer" meaning in German

See Rainer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: De-Rainer.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel by the gods”) + *harjaz (“army”). Cognate to Scandinavian Ragnar. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gem-pro|*raginą||counsel by the gods}} Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel by the gods”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m,s,-:s}} Rainer m (proper noun, strong, genitive Rainers, plural Rainer or Rainers) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,s,-:s}} Forms: Rainers [genitive], Rainer [plural], Rainers [plural], strong [table-tags], Rainer [nominative, singular], Rainer [definite, nominative, plural], Rainers [definite, nominative, plural], Rainers [genitive, singular], Rainer [definite, genitive, plural], Rainers [definite, genitive, plural], Rainer [dative, singular], Rainern [dative, definite, plural], Rainers [dative, definite, plural], Rainer [accusative, singular], Rainer [accusative, definite, plural], Rainers [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine, proper-noun, strong Categories (topical): German given names, German male given names Synonyms: Reiner
    Sense id: en-Rainer-de-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 69 31

Proper name

Audio: De-Rainer.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel by the gods”) + *harjaz (“army”). Cognate to Scandinavian Ragnar. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gem-pro|*raginą||counsel by the gods}} Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel by the gods”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Rainer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rainers or (with an article) Rainer, feminine genitive Rainer, plural Rainers or Rainer) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|surname}} Forms: Rainers [genitive, masculine], Rainer [genitive, masculine], Rainer [feminine, genitive], Rainers [plural], Rainer [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Rainer [masculine, nominative, singular], Rainer [feminine, nominative, singular], Rainers [definite, nominative, plural], Rainer [definite, nominative, plural], Rainers [genitive, masculine, singular], Rainer [genitive, masculine, singular], Rainer [feminine, genitive, singular], Rainers [definite, genitive, plural], Rainer [definite, genitive, plural], Rainer [dative, masculine, singular], Rainer [dative, feminine, singular], Rainers [dative, definite, plural], Rainer [dative, definite, plural], Rainer [accusative, masculine, singular], Rainer [accusative, feminine, singular], Rainers [accusative, definite, plural], Rainer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a surname originating as a patronymic Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname
    Sense id: en-Rainer-de-name-T3OhlWf~ Categories (other): German surnames

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "expansion": "Rainer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rainers or (with an article) Rainer, feminine genitive Rainer, plural Rainers or Rainer)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German surnames",
        "German surnames from patronymics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname originating as a patronymic"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "surname"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "homophone": "reiner"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Rainer.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/De-Rainer.ogg/De-Rainer.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/De-Rainer.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Reiner"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Rainer"
}

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