how to pronounce rain

/ʁaɪ̯n/

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rain is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of rain in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… come rain war genervt und hab ein …”

meanings of rain

noun:

Edgepath (the space between two fields).
(small) slope, incline.

rain frequency in german - C2 level of CEFR

the word rain occurs in german on average 3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.