Rhein
name · /ʁaɪ̯n/ ·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.
Translation
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Rhine (a major river in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and the Netherlands, emptying into the North Sea)
definite, proper-noun, strong, usually
Sie sollen ihn nicht haben, / Den freien deutschen Rhein, / Bis seine Fluth begraben / Des letzten Mann’s Gebein.
They shall not have him, / The free German Rhine, / Until his flood has covered / The last man's bones.
Der Rhein ist die Grenze zwischen Frankreich und Deutschland.
The Rhine is the boundary between France and Germany.
Der Rhein fließt zwischen Frankreich und Deutschland.
The Rhine runs between France and Germany.