See also: regen, régen, and Ręgen

German edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

Regen m (strong, genitive Regens, plural Regen)

  1. rain
Usage notes edit

The plural form is seldom used.

Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Regen” in Duden online
  • Regen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Regen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Regen”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Etymology 2 edit

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

Proper noun edit

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

  1. A river in Bavaria
Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

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 edit

Proper noun edit

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 edit

German Low German edit

Noun edit

Regen m (no plural)

  1. Alternative form of Ręgen (rain)

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Regen m

  1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf