Rhine

rhine English Etymology From en enm Rine, enm Ryne, from en ang Rīn the Rhine, from en gmh - and en goh Rīn, from en gmw-pro *Rīn, from en gem-pro *Rīnaz, from en cel-gau Rēnos, from a Pre-Celtic or en cel-pro *reinos; one of a class of river names built from en ine-pro *h₃reyH- to move, flow, run.326 etymon 3. er- : or- : r- 'to move, set in motion' (laryngealistic reconstruction as "*h₁reiH"). Cognate with goh Rīn "the Rhine"; > de Rhein, non Rín the Rhine, nl Rijn the Rhine. Related also to Latin la rivus ("river"), in Celtic with an -n- suffix as in sga rían rīan run (more at en run). The spelling with Rh- is due to the influence of Ancient Greek grc Ῥῆνος (via en fr Rhin). Pronunciation en /ɹaɪn/ en en-us-Rhine.ogg US en aɪn 1 Proper noun the Rhine en Q584en major river in western Europe, which flows through c/Switzerland,Austria,Liechtenstein,Germany,France,Netherlands before emptying into the North Sea. en 2025-06-04 Alex Croft Around 20,000 evacuated in Cologne as major bomb defusal operation underway w:The Independent https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/cologne-bomb-defusal-evacuation-germany-second-world-war-b2763306.html 2026-02-20 Roads on either side of the river Rhine will be closed as authorities seal off the large evacuation zone. The Unesco World Heritage Cologne Cathedral sits just outside the area. https://web.archive.org/web/20250726132454/https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/cologne-bomb-defusal-evacuation-germany-second-world-war-b2763306.html Derived terms en Rhenian Rhenish High Rhine Rhine Province Rhine Falls Rhineland rhinestone Rhinish North Rhine Rhine gold Translations river that flows through Europe Afrikaans: af Ryn Albanian: sq Rhein Alsatian Alemannic German: gsw-FR-als Rhy Mulhouse, gsw-FR-als Rhin North Arabic: ar نَهْر اَلرَّايْن m nahr ar-rayn Armenian: hy Հռենոս Azerbaijani: az Reyn Basque: eu Rhin Belarusian: be Рэйн m Bulgarian: bg Рейн m Catalan: ca Rin m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 萊茵河 Láiyīn hé Czech: cs Rýn m Danish: da Rhinen Dutch: nl Rijn m Esperanto: eo Rejno Estonian: et Rein Faroese: fo Rín f Finnish: fi Rein French: fr Rhin m Old French: fro Rin m Galician: gl Rin m Georgian: ka რაინი German: de Rhein m Bavarian: bar Rhein Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Rhing m Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Rhoi Palatine Swabian: swg Rei Greek: el Ρήνος m Ancient Greek: grc Ῥῆνος m Hebrew: he ריין Hindi: hi राइन Hungarian: hu Rajna Icelandic: is Rín f Indonesian: id Rhein Irish: ga Réin f Italian: it Reno m Japanese: ja ライン川 Rain-gawa Kazakh: kk Рейн Korean: ko ^라인 강 Kyrgyz: ky Рейн Lao: lo ໄຣນ໌, lo ແມ່ນ້ຳໄຣນ໌ Latin: la Rhēnus Latvian: lv Reina f Limburgish: li Rien Lithuanian: lt Reinas m Luxembourgish: lb Rhäin m Macedonian: mk Ра́јна f Malay: ms Rhine Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Rhinen Nynorsk: nn Rhinen Occitan: oc Ren m Old English: ang Rīn m f Old Norse: non Rín f Persian: fa راین râyn Polish: pl Ren m Portuguese: pt Reno m Romanian: ro Rin m Romansh: rm Rain m, rm Rein m Russian: ru Рейн m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Рајна f Latin: sh Rajna f Slovak: sk Rýn Slovene: sl Ren m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Ryn m Upper Sorbian: hsb Ryn m Spanish: es Rin m Swedish: sv Rhen Tajik: tg Рейн Thai: th ไรน์ rái, th แม่น้ำไรน์ Turkish: tr Ren Turkmen: tk Reýn Ukrainian: uk Рейн m Uzbek: uz Reyn Welsh: cy Rhein Yiddish: yi ריין m References Anagrams en ehinr Hiner Hiren rhein en exonyms