regnbue
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From regn (“rain”) + bue (“bow”), from Old Norse regnbogi (“rainbow”), from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
regnbue c (singular definite regnbuen, plural indefinite regnbuer)
- rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
Inflection edit
Declension of regnbue
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | regnbue | regnbuen | regnbuer | regnbuerne |
| genitive | regnbues | regnbuens | regnbuers | regnbuernes |
See also edit
regnbue on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse regnbogi (“rainbow”), from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
regnbue m (definite singular regnbuen, indefinite plural regnbuer, definite plural regnbuene)
- a rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
- i alle regnbuens farger - in all (the) colours of the rainbow
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “regnbue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.