regnbue

Danish

En regnbue

Etymology

From regn (“rain”) +‎ bue (“bow”), from Old Danish ræghænbughæ, from Old Norse regnbogi (“rainbow”), from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rajnbuːə/, [ˈʁɑjnˌb̥uːə]

Noun

regnbue c (singular definite regnbuen, plural indefinite regnbuer)

1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

Declension

Declension of regnbue

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	regnbue	regnbuen	regnbuer	regnbuerne
genitive	regnbues	regnbuens	regnbuers	regnbuernes

References

• “regnbue” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “regnbue” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

regnbue

Alternative forms

• regnboge

Etymology

From Old Norse regnbogi (“rainbow”), from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô.

Pronunciation

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Noun

regnbue m (definite singular regnbuen, indefinite plural regnbuer, definite plural regnbuene)

1. a rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

   i alle regnbuens farger - in all (the) colours of the rainbow

Derived terms

• regnbuehinne

References

• “regnbue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.