Rhine en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /ɹaɪn/
Etymology
From Middle English Rine, Ryne, from Old English Rīn (“the Rhine”), from Middle High German and Old High German Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn, from Proto-Germanic *Rīnaz, from Gaulish Rēnos, from a Pre-Celtic or Proto-Celtic *reinos; one of a class of river names built from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to move, flow, run”). Cognate with Old High German Rīn ("the Rhine"; > German Rhein), Old Norse Rín (“the Rhine”), Dutch Rijn (“the Rhine”). Related also to Latin rivus ("river"), in Celtic with an -n- suffix as in Old Irish rīan (“run”) (more at run). The spelling with Rh- is due to the influence of Ancient Greek Ῥῆνος (Rhênos) (via French Rhin).
Meanings
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A major river in western Europe, which flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.
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.
2025 June 4, Alex Croft, “Around 20,000 evacuated in Cologne as major bomb defusal operation underway”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025, retrieved 20 Feb 2026:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Rhine | canonical | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Rhenian · North Rhine · Rhinish · rhinestone · Rhineland · Rhenish · Rhine Province · Rhine gold · Rhine Falls · High Rhine
Translations (79)
de Rhein (river that flows through Europe) · it Reno (river that flows through Europe) · ar نَهْر اَلرَّايْن (river that flows through Europe) · ko 라인 강 (river that flows through Europe) · eo Rejno (river that flows through Europe) · gmw-cfr Rhing (river that flows through Europe) · mk Ра́јна (river that flows through Europe) · th แม่น้ำไรน์ (river that flows through Europe) · ca Rin (river that flows through Europe) · fi Rein (river that flows through Europe) · sh Рајна (river that flows through Europe) · gl Rin (river that flows through Europe) · grc Ῥῆνος (river that flows through Europe) · fro Rin (river that flows through Europe) · th ไรน์ (river that flows through Europe) · pl Ren (river that flows through Europe) · ang Rīn (river that flows through Europe) · tk Reýn (river that flows through Europe) · ka რაინი (river that flows through Europe) · et Rein (river that flows through Europe) · rm Rein (river that flows through Europe) · dsb Ryn (river that flows through Europe) · lv Reina (river that flows through Europe) · nb Rhinen (river that flows through Europe) · uk Рейн (river that flows through Europe) · he ריין (river that flows through Europe) · hu Rajna (river that flows through Europe) · eu Rhin (river that flows through Europe) · hy Հռենոս (river that flows through Europe) · fa راین (river that flows through Europe) · ro Rin (river that flows through Europe) · cy Rhein (river that flows through Europe) · yi ריין (river that flows through Europe) · lb Rhäin (river that flows through Europe) · pt Reno (river that flows through Europe) · la Rhēnus (river that flows through Europe) · gsw-FR-als Rhy (Mulhouse) (river that flows through Europe) · ja ライン川 (river that flows through Europe) · uz Reyn (river that flows through Europe) · cs Rýn (river that flows through Europe) · li Rien (river that flows through Europe) · gsw-FR-als Rhin (river that flows through Europe) · sq Rhein (river that flows through Europe) · hi राइन (river that flows through Europe) · bg Рейн (river that flows through Europe) · fo Rín (river that flows through Europe) · rm Rain (river that flows through Europe) · kk Рейн (river that flows through Europe) · da Rhinen (river that flows through Europe) · id Rhein (river that flows through Europe) · ru Рейн (river that flows through Europe) · ga Réin (river that flows through Europe) · non Rín (river that flows through Europe) · nl Rijn (river that flows through Europe) · tg Рейн (river that flows through Europe) · oc Ren (river that flows through Europe) · fr Rhin (river that flows through Europe) · sk Rýn (river that flows through Europe) · sl Ren (river that flows through Europe) · nn Rhinen (river that flows through Europe) · be Рэйн (river that flows through Europe) · es Rin (river that flows through Europe) · is Rín (river that flows through Europe) · bar Rhein (river that flows through Europe) · hsb Ryn (river that flows through Europe) · ky Рейн (river that flows through Europe) · sv Rhen (river that flows through Europe) · af Ryn (river that flows through Europe) · sh Rajna (river that flows through Europe) · swg Rei (river that flows through Europe) · cmn 萊茵河 /莱茵河 (river that flows through Europe) · lt Reinas (river that flows through Europe) · lo ແມ່ນ້ຳໄຣນ໌ (river that flows through Europe) · az Reyn (river that flows through Europe) · lo ໄຣນ໌ (river that flows through Europe) · gmw-rfr Rhoi (river that flows through Europe) · tr Ren (river that flows through Europe) · ms Rhine (river that flows through Europe) · el Ρήνος (river that flows through Europe)