Ruin
German, noun[ʁuˈiːn]
Ruin is a German masculine noun meaning “ruin (something which leads to serious troubles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand des vollständigen finanziellen, gesundheitlichen oder moralischen Zusammenbruchs”.
What does Ruin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineruin (something which leads to serious troubles)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand des vollständigen finanziellen, gesundheitlichen oder moralischen Zusammenbruchs
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ruin
- Ruins genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ruin?
- [ʁuˈiːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ruin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ruin in German?
Ruin appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).