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Reinfall

German, noun/ˈʁaɪ̯nˌfal/

Reinfall is spelled R-E-I-N-F-A-L-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reinfall is a German masculine noun meaning “disappointment, failure, let-down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein schlechter Ausgang, Verfehlen eines gesteckten Ziels”.

What does Reinfall mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedisappointment, failure, let-down

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ein schlechter Ausgang, Verfehlen eines gesteckten Ziels

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 Reinfall

  • Reinfalles genitive
  • Reinfalls genitive
  • Reinfälle plural
  • Reinfalle dative singular
  • Reinfällen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Reinfall?

  • /ˈʁaɪ̯nˌfal/
  • [ˈʁaɪ̯nˌfal]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Reinfall

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Reinfall in German?

Reinfall appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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