Meaning

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

ine

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

luter

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

rain

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

buur

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

suufer

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

baar

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

suuber

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁaɪn/
Etymology

In summary

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”).

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