renne

See also: Renne

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

renne

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of rennen

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *hrainaz

Old Norse hreinn

Swedish renbor.

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Old Norse hreinn

Norwegian Nynorsk reinbor.

French renne

Borrowed from Swedish ren and/or Norwegian Nynorsk rein.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /ʁɛn/

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  • Homophones: raine, rainent, raines, reine, reines, rêne, rênes, rennes, Rennes
• (Quebec, Belgium) IPA^(key): /ʁɛn/, /ʁɛːn/

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  • Homophones: rennes, Rennes (general), raine, rainent, raines, reine, reines, rêne, rênes (long vowel only)

Noun

renne m (plural rennes)

1. reindeer

   Synonym: caribou (Canada)

Descendants

• → Corsican: renna
• → Italian: renna
• → Portuguese: rena
• → Romanian: ren m
• → Turkish: Ren geyiği

Further reading

• “renne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

renne

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

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛnə/

Verb

renne

1. to hit, to collide

   Ich hon aan die Eck gerennd.

   I hit the corner.

Inflection

Regular

infinitive	renne
participle	gerennd
auxiliary	hon
	present indicative	imperative
ich	renne	—
du	rennst	renn
er/sie/es	rennd	—
meer	renne	—
deer	rennd	rennd
sie	renne	—

The present participle is uncommonly used,
but can be made with the suffix -end.

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “renne”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛn.ne/
• Homophone: Renne
• Rhymes: -ɛnne
• Hyphenation: rèn‧ne

Noun

renne f

1. plural of renna

Middle English

Verb

renne

1. alternative form of rennen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse renna.

Verb

renne (imperative renn, present tense renner, simple past rant, past participle rent, present participle rennende)

1. to flow
2. to run (e.g. water)

Derived terms

• avrenning
• takrenne (of noun)

References

• “renne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• renna

Etymology

From Old Norse renna.

Verb

renne (present tense renn, past tense rann, past participle runne, passive infinitive rennast, present participle rennande, imperative renn)

1. to flow
2. to run (e.g. water)

Derived terms

• avrenning
• takrenne (of noun)

References

• “renne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Rhine Franconian

Verb

renne

1. (Palatine) to run

Sathmar Swabian

Verb

renne

1. to run

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

West Flemish

e renne

Noun

renne f

1. swing