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Rainer
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rainer
English
Etymology
en ine-pro *ker-
Variant of Rayner, a patronymic surname from a medieval given name from en gem-pro - gem-pro *raginą counsel by the gods + gem-pro *harjaz army. Also borrowed from modern German.
Proper noun
en English and American given names.
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male de:Rainer
Related terms
et Rain
et Ragnar
Finnish
Etymology
From fi de Rainer, fi fr Rainier.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
Usage notes
Common male name among the Romani in Finland.
Declension
0 Rainer a
Derived terms
fi Raikku
Statistics
dvv_20250813 1761 4283 270
References
German
Alternative forms
de Reiner
Etymology
From de goh *Reginheri, from de gem-pro *Raginaharjaz, from de gem-pro *raginą counsel by the gods + gem-pro *harjaz army. Cognate to en Rayner, da Regner, fo,is,no,sv Ragnar.
Pronunciation
de De-Rainer.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de reiner
Proper noun
m,s,-:s
de male Old High German
Declension
m,s,-:s
Proper noun
surname
de patronymics
Declension
surname