Rhein

== German == === Alternative forms === Rein (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German Rīn, from Old High German Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn (“the river Rhine”). The spelling with Rh- after Latin Rhenus, itself possibly a Hellenizing form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁaɪ̯n/ Homophones: Rain, rein Rhymes: -aɪ̯n === Proper noun === der Rhein m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Rheins or des Rheines) Rhine (a major river in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and the Netherlands, emptying into the North Sea) Meronyms: Alpenrhein, Hochrhein, Oberrhein, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein, Deltarhein ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Rheinmaasländisch (subst.) / rheinmaasländisch (adj.) ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: Рейн (Rejn) → Chinese: 萊茵 / 莱茵 (Láiyīn) (transliteration) === Further reading === Rhein on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de