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Rainer

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See also: rainer

English

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Etymology

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Variant of Rayner, a patronymic surname from a medieval given name from Proto-Germanic *raginą (counsel by the gods) + *harjaz (army). Also borrowed from modern German.

Proper noun

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Rainer

  1. An English and American surname transferred from the given name.

Estonian

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Proper noun

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Rainer

  1. a male given name, equivalent to German Rainer
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Finnish

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Etymology

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From German Rainer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑi̯ner/, [ˈrɑ̝i̯ne̞r]
  • Rhymes: -ɑiner
  • Hyphenation(key): Rai‧ner

Proper noun

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Rainer

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

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Common male name among the Romani in Finland.

Declension

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Inflection of Rainer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative Rainer Rainerit
genitive Rainerin Rainerien
Rainereiden
Rainereitten
partitive Raineria Rainereita
Rainereja
illative Raineriin Rainereihin
singular plural
nominative Rainer Rainerit
accusative nom. Rainer Rainerit
gen. Rainerin
genitive Rainerin Rainerien
Rainereiden
Rainereitten
partitive Raineria Rainereita
Rainereja
inessive Rainerissa Rainereissa
elative Rainerista Rainereista
illative Raineriin Rainereihin
adessive Rainerilla Rainereilla
ablative Rainerilta Rainereilta
allative Rainerille Rainereille
essive Rainerina Rainereina
translative Raineriksi Rainereiksi
abessive Raineritta Rainereitta
instructive Rainerein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Rainer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Rainerini Rainerini
accusative nom. Rainerini Rainerini
gen. Rainerini
genitive Rainerini Rainerieni
Rainereideni
Rainereitteni
partitive Raineriani Rainereitani
Rainerejani
inessive Rainerissani Rainereissani
elative Raineristani Rainereistani
illative Raineriini Rainereihini
adessive Rainerillani Rainereillani
ablative Raineriltani Rainereiltani
allative Rainerilleni Rainereilleni
essive Rainerinani Rainereinani
translative Rainerikseni Rainereikseni
abessive Rainerittani Rainereittani
instructive
comitative Rainereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Rainerisi Rainerisi
accusative nom. Rainerisi Rainerisi
gen. Rainerisi
genitive Rainerisi Raineriesi
Rainereidesi
Rainereittesi
partitive Raineriasi Rainereitasi
Rainerejasi
inessive Rainerissasi Rainereissasi
elative Raineristasi Rainereistasi
illative Raineriisi Rainereihisi
adessive Rainerillasi Rainereillasi
ablative Raineriltasi Rainereiltasi
allative Rainerillesi Rainereillesi
essive Rainerinasi Rainereinasi
translative Raineriksesi Rainereiksesi
abessive Rainerittasi Rainereittasi
instructive
comitative Rainereinesi

Derived terms

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Statistics

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  • Rainer is the 251st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,883 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,479 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old High German *Reginheri, from Proto-Germanic *Raginaharjaz, from Proto-Germanic *raginą (counsel by the gods) + *harjaz (army). Cognate to English Rayner, Danish Regner, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Ragnar.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Rainer m (proper noun, strong, genitive Rainers, plural Rainer or Rainers)

  1. a male given name from Old High German

Declension

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Proper noun

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Rainer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rainers or (with an article) Rainer, feminine genitive Rainer, plural Rainers or Rainer)

  1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Declension

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