Rdn.
German, noun
Rdn. is spelled R-D-N (3 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rdn. is a German feminine noun meaning “abbreviation of Randnotiz (“marginal note”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Rdn. mean in English?
noun
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feminineabbreviation of Randnotiz (“marginal note”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für Regierungsdirektorin
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is Rdn. in German?
Rdn. appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).