rein

Meaning

rain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/rai̯n/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Yn de kjeld en de rein stienen se te wachtsjen.

They waited in the cold and rain.

Al achttjin dagen is der gjin drip rein fallen.

Not a drop of rain has fallen for eighteen days.

De wolken pakke , der kin wolris rein komme .

The clouds are gathering, there may well be rain.

De jongerein traktearre de plysje op in rein fan benzinebommen en stiennen .

The youth treated the police to a rain of petrol bombs and stones.