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rein

See also: Rein, reiñ, rein-, and REIN

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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English rein, reyne, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reyne, resne, from Early Medieval Latin retina, ultimately from Classical Latin retineō (“hold back”), from re- + teneō (“keep, hold”). Compare modern French rêne.

Displaced native Old English ġewealdleþer (literally “control leather”).

Noun edit

rein (plural reins)

  1. A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
  2. (figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
    The government is attempting to keep a rein on rising prices.
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Verb edit

rein (third-person singular simple present reins, present participle reining, simple past and past participle reined)

  1. (transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
  2. (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
    • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
      Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance.
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      After an interval that he judged to have lasted twenty minutes, the bed began to shake with poorly reined sobs.
  3. (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
    • 2011, Marie Claire Peck, Rocking Horse Ranch, page 40:
      She worked each horse at a walk, trot, and then a canter. The horses reined well and executed stops quickly.
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Etymology 2 edit

From Anglo-Norman reines, Middle French reins, and their source, Latin rēnēs. Doublet of ren.

Noun edit

rein (plural reins)

  1. (now rare, archaic, chiefly in plural) A kidney.
  2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.

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Noun edit

rein

  1. (Timau) rain

References edit

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch reine, from Old Dutch reini, from Proto-West Germanic *hrainī, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

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Adjective edit

rein (comparative reiner, superlative reinst)

  1. (formal) clean, spotless
  2. (Netherlands) pure, sheer

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Inflection of rein
uninflected rein
inflected reine
comparative reiner
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial rein reiner het reinst
het reinste
indefinite m./f. sing. reine reinere reinste
n. sing. rein reiner reinste
plural reine reinere reinste
definite reine reinere reinste
partitive reins reiners —

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Descendants edit

  • Negerhollands: rein

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Finnish edit

Noun edit

rein

  1. instructive plural of reki

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French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French rein, from Old French rein, from the plural reins, from Latin rēnes < rēn, from Proto-Italic *hrēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”).

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Noun edit

rein m (plural reins)

  1. (anatomy) kidney
  2. (in the plural) small of the back, waist

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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German reine, from Old High German reini, from Proto-West Germanic *hrainī, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz, from Proto-Indo-European *króy-n-is, from *krey- (“divide, sift”). Cognate with Old Saxon hreni, (Low German ren), Dutch rein, Old Norse hreinn (Swedish ren), Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “separate, decide, judge”), Old Irish criathar, English riddle (“sieve”).

Adjective edit

rein (strong nominative masculine singular reiner, comparative reiner, superlative am reinsten)

  1. pure, clear, plain
    • 2010, Der Spiegel‎[1], number 24/2010, page 131:
      Natürlich ist eine Weltmeisterschaft kein reines Sportevent mehr, sie ist sicher auch ein bisschen Welt- und Entwicklungspolitik.
      Of course, a world championship is no longer a pure sports event, it surely is also a bit of world and development politics.
Declension edit
Positive forms of rein
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist rein sie ist rein es ist rein sie sind rein
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative reiner reine reines reine
genitive reinen reiner reinen reiner
dative reinem reiner reinem reinen
accusative reinen reine reines reine
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der reine die reine das reine die reinen
genitive des reinen der reinen des reinen der reinen
dative dem reinen der reinen dem reinen den reinen
accusative den reinen die reine das reine die reinen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein reiner eine reine ein reines (keine) reinen
genitive eines reinen einer reinen eines reinen (keiner) reinen
dative einem reinen einer reinen einem reinen (keinen) reinen
accusative einen reinen eine reine ein reines (keine) reinen
Comparative forms of rein
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist reiner sie ist reiner es ist reiner sie sind reiner
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative reinerer reinere reineres reinere
genitive reineren reinerer reineren reinerer
dative reinerem reinerer reinerem reineren
accusative reineren reinere reineres reinere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der reinere die reinere das reinere die reineren
genitive des reineren der reineren des reineren der reineren
dative dem reineren der reineren dem reineren den reineren
accusative den reineren die reinere das reinere die reineren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein reinerer eine reinere ein reineres (keine) reineren
genitive eines reineren einer reineren eines reineren (keiner) reineren
dative einem reineren einer reineren einem reineren (keinen) reineren
accusative einen reineren eine reinere ein reineres (keine) reineren
Superlative forms of rein
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am reinsten sie ist am reinsten es ist am reinsten sie sind am reinsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative reinster reinste reinstes reinste
genitive reinsten reinster reinsten reinster
dative reinstem reinster reinstem reinsten
accusative reinsten reinste reinstes reinste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der reinste die reinste das reinste die reinsten
genitive des reinsten der reinsten des reinsten der reinsten
dative dem reinsten der reinsten dem reinsten den reinsten
accusative den reinsten die reinste das reinste die reinsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein reinster eine reinste ein reinstes (keine) reinsten
genitive eines reinsten einer reinsten eines reinsten (keiner) reinsten
dative einem reinsten einer reinsten einem reinsten (keinen) reinsten
accusative einen reinsten eine reinste ein reinstes (keine) reinsten

Adverb edit

rein

  1. purely
    Unsere Beziehung ist rein platonisch.
    Our relationship is purely platonic.
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Etymology 2 edit

Contraction of herein (“in here”), or hinein (“in there”).

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Adverb edit

rein

  1. (colloquial) inside, in here
    Er kommt jetzt rein. ― He's coming inside now.
  2. (colloquial) inside, in there
    Er geht rein zu den andern. ― He's going inside to the other people.
Usage notes edit

The standard language distinguishes the meanings of hinein (“in there: away from the speaker”) and herein (“in here: towards the speaker”). Rein is used for both meanings.

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Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse rein, reina, from Proto-Germanic *rainō. Cognate with English rean, German Rain.

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Noun edit

rein f (genitive singular reinar, nominative plural reinar)

  1. strip (of land)

Declension edit

declension of rein
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rein reinin reinar reinarnar
accusative rein reinina reinar reinarnar
dative rein reininni reinum reinunum
genitive reinar reinarinnar reina reinanna

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Manx edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish rígan (“queen”), from Proto-Celtic *rīganī. Cognate to Irish ríon, Scottish Gaelic rìghinn, rìbhinn, Welsh rhiain.

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rein f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. queen, regina
    Synonym: benrein

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Middle French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French rein.

Noun edit

rein m (plural reins)

  1. (anatomy) kidney

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Norman edit

Etymology edit

From Old French rein, reins, from Latin rēn, rēnes.

Noun edit

rein m (plural reins)

  1. (Jersey, anatomy) kidney

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse hreinn.

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Adjective edit

rein (neuter singular reint, definite singular and plural reine, comparative reinere, indefinite superlative reinest, definite superlative reineste)

  1. clean
  2. pure

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse hreinn.

 
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Noun edit

rein m (definite singular reinen, indefinite plural reiner, definite plural reinene)

  1. a reindeer
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse hreinn.

Adjective edit

rein (neuter singular reint, definite singular and plural reine, comparative reinare, indefinite superlative reinast, definite superlative reinaste)

  1. clean
  2. pure

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse hreinn.

 
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Noun edit

rein m (definite singular reinen, indefinite plural reinar, definite plural reinane)

  1. a reindeer, Rangifer tarandus
    • 1855, Ivar Aasen, Ervingen:
      […] renna i Kapp med Reinen, um Raasi er tung og vaat: Dat maa ein Galning vera, som so vil fara aat.
      To race against the reindeer, if the road is soggy and wet: It must be a madman who wants to act like that.
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Etymology 1 edit

First attested in the plural as reins, from Latin rēnes, plural of the almost unused rēn.

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Noun edit

rein oblique singular, m (oblique plural reinz, nominative singular reinz, nominative plural rein)

  1. (anatomy) kidney
  2. (in the plural, reins) small of the back, lower back
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Etymology 2 edit

See rien

Noun edit

rein oblique singular, f (oblique plural reinz, nominative singular rein, nominative plural reinz)

  1. Alternative form of rien

Plautdietsch edit

Adjective edit

rein

  1. clean
  2. pure, immaculate
  3. chaste

Volapük edit

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Noun edit

rein (nominative plural reins)

  1. rain

Declension edit

declension of rein
singular plural
nominative rein reins
genitive reina reinas
dative reine reines
accusative reini reinis
vocative 1 o rein! o reins!
predicative 2 reinu reinus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.

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Noun edit

rein c (no plural, diminutive reintsje)

  1. rain

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Further reading edit

  • “rein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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