Noun
der Rain
Pronunciation: /ʁaɪ̯n/
field margin, balk (grassy strip of uncultivated land between two fields)
C1
rank #8,401
plural Raine
Meanings
Noun
- field margin, balk (grassy strip of uncultivated land between two fields)
- small slope, incline
Example sentence
Am Rain zwischen den beiden Feldern blühen Mohnblumen.
Poppies are blooming on the grassy strip between the two fields.
Word forms
singular
der Rain
plural
die Raine
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Rain
Accusativeden Rain
Dativedem Rain
Genitivedes Raines
Plural
Nominativedie Raine
Accusativedie Raine
Dativeden Rainen
Genitiveder Raine
Usage
- am Rain zwischen zwei Feldern — at the grassy boundary strip between two fields
- Rain / Regen — German Rain is a field margin; English rain is Regen
Ein schmaler Rain trennt die beiden Äcker.
A narrow grassy field margin separates the two fields.