rain

Regen

Wasser, das in kleinen Tropfen aus Wolken fällt.

In einfachem Englisch: Water that falls from clouds in small drops.

• The rain has stopped.
• We walked home in the rain.
• Heavy rains flooded the fields last week.

Synonyme: rainfall

Häufige Wendungen: heavy rain, in the rain, light rain

Regen

Viele Dinge, die gleichzeitig durch die Luft herabfallen.

In einfachem Englisch: A large number of things falling through the air together.

• A rain of stones hit the roof.
• We sheltered from a rain of falling glass.
• The fire sent a rain of sparks over the yard.

So benutzt man es: a rain of something (A rain of sparks fell onto the floor.)

Synonyme: shower

Häufige Wendungen: rain of sparks, rain of bullets, rain of stones

regnen

Wenn Wassertropfen aus den Wolken fallen.

In einfachem Englisch: When this happens, drops of water fall from clouds.

• It is raining outside.
• It rained all night.
• Will it rain tomorrow?

So benutzt man es: it rains (It rains a lot here in winter.)

Häufige Wendungen: rain heavily, rain all day, rain again, rain hard

niederprasseln lassen

Viele Dinge schnell hintereinander auf jemanden oder etwas richten.

In einfachem Englisch: To send or deliver many things quickly, one after another.

• The boxer rained blows on his opponent.
• Critics rained insults on the director.
• The soldiers rained bullets on the building.

So benutzt man es: rain something on someone/something (The boxer rained punches on his opponent.); rain down something on someone/something (They rained down criticism on the new leader.)

Synonyme: shower

Häufige Wendungen: rain blows, rain something on someone, rain down something