Rain
German, noun/ʁaɪ̯n/
Rain is spelled R-A-I-N (4 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 18,198th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rain is a German masculine noun meaning “edgepath (the space between two fields)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Streifen Ackerland ohne Nutzpflanzen auf der Grenze zweier Felder”.
What does Rain mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineedgepath (the space between two fields)
- 2
Switzerlandmasculinesmall slope, incline
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für Rechtsanwältin
noun: 1. ein Streifen Ackerland ohne Nutzpflanzen auf der Grenze zweier Felder 2. Abhang
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Rain
- Rains genitive
- Raines genitive
- Raine plural
- Rainen dative definite plural
- Rein alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rain?
- /ʁaɪ̯n/
- […]
- [ʁaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rain in German?
Rain appears 3.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).