rein

rain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/rai̯n/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian:

In summary

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

Sentences

De wolken pakke , der kin wolris rein komme .

The clouds are gathering, there may well be rain.

Al achttjin dagen is der gjin drip rein fallen.

Not a drop of rain has fallen for eighteen days.

Yn de kjeld en de rein stienen se te wachtsjen.

They waited in the cold and 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.