regne

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See also: régné and règne

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin rēgnum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

regne m (plural regnes)

  1. kingdom
    Synonym: reialme
  2. (taxonomy) kingdom

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑjnə/, [ˈʁɑ̈jnə]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Danish reknæ, from Old Norse regna, from Proto-Germanic *regnōną, cognate with English rain and German regnen. Derived from the noun *regną, cf. Danish regn.

Verb[edit]

regne (imperative regn, infinitive at regne, present tense regner, past tense regnede, perfect tense har regnet)

  1. rain
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Low German rekenen, from Proto-Germanic *rekanōną. Cognate with English reckon, German rechnen, and Dutch rekenen. Icelandic reikna, Norwegian Nynorsk rekna, and Swedish räkna are also borrowed from Low German.

Verb[edit]

regne (imperative regn, infinitive at regne, present tense regner, past tense regnede, perfect tense har regnet)

  1. solve, work out
  2. estimate
  3. consider
  4. calculate, reckon
Inflection[edit]

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

regne

  1. inflection of regnen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French regne.

Noun[edit]

regne m (plural regnes)

  1. kingdom

Descendants[edit]

  • French: règne

References[edit]

  • regne on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse regna.

Verb[edit]

regne (imperative regn, present tense regner, simple past regnet or regna or regnte, past participle regnet or regna or regnt, present participle regnende)

  1. to rain (of rain: to fall from the sky)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Via Danish regne from Middle Low German rekenen, from Proto-Germanic *rekanōną. Cognate with English reckon, German rechnen, and Dutch rekenen. Icelandic reikna, Norwegian Nynorsk rekna, and Swedish räkna are also borrowed from Low German.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (non-standard since 2005) rekne

Verb[edit]

regne (imperative regn, present tense regner, passive regnes, simple past and past participle regnet or regna, present participle regnende)

  1. to calculate, reckon
  2. to consider, regard
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

regne (present tense regnar or regner, past tense regna or regnde, past participle regna or regnt, present participle regnande, imperative regn)

  1. Alternative form of regna

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin rēgnum.

Noun[edit]

regne oblique singularm (oblique plural regnes, nominative singular regnes, nominative plural regne)

  1. kingdom

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