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regne

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See also: régné and règne

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin rēgnum.

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    Noun

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    regne m (plural regnes)

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

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    Danish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈrɑjnə/, [ˈʁɑ̈jnə]

    Etymology 1

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    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

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

    1. to rain
    Conjugation
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    Conjugation of regne
    active passive
    infinitive regne regnes
    present regner regnes
    past regnede regnedes
    imperative regn —
    participle
    present regnende
    past (have / havde) regnet
    gerund regnen
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    Etymology 2

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    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

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

    1. solve, work out
    2. estimate
    3. consider
    4. calculate, reckon
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    Conjugation of regne
    active passive
    infinitive regne regnes
    present regner regnes
    past regnede regnedes
    imperative regn —
    participle
    present regnende
    past (have / havde / er / var) regnet
    gerund regnen
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    German

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    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    regne

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

    Middle French

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    Etymology

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    From Old French regne.

    Noun

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    regne m (plural regnes)

    1. kingdom

    Descendants

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    • French: règne

    References

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

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Norse regna.

    Verb

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    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

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    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.

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    • (non-standard since 2005) rekne

    Verb

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    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
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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Verb

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    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 English

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    Noun

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    reġne

    1. dative singular of reġn

    Old French

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin rēgnum.

    Noun

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

    1. kingdom

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