Regenbogen

See also: regenbogen and Regenbögen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rëgenboge, from Old High German reginbogo, from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō. Equivalent to Regen (“rain”) +‎ Bogen (“bow, arch, arc”). Compare Dutch regenboog, English rainbow, Yiddish רעגנבויגן‎‎ (regnboygn‎), Danish regnbue, Icelandic regnbogi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʁeːɡənˌboːɡən/
Hyphenation: Re‧gen‧bo‧gen
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

rainbow
- 1883–1885, Friedrich Nietzsche, “Der Genesende”, in Also sprach Zarathustra […] ‎:
  Wie lieblich ist alles Reden und alle Lüge der Töne! Mit Tönen tanzt unsre Liebe auf bunten Regenbögen.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading

“Regenbogen” in Duden online
“Regenbogen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Regenbogen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

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