Reis
German, noun
Reis is spelled R-E-I-S (4 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,360th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reis is a German masculine noun meaning “rice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of Real (“Brazilian and former Portuguese currency”). In lower case, reis is a different word: “singular imperative of reisen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gras, das bis 30 Halme mit rispigen Blütenständen bildet, die je 80 bis 100 einblütige Ährchen tragen”.
What does Reis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerice
noun
- 1
neutershoot (of a plant), little twig
noun
- 1
rareplural of Real (“Brazilian and former Portuguese currency”)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of reisen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gras, das bis 30 Halme mit rispigen Blütenständen bildet, die je 80 bis 100 einblütige Ährchen tragen 2. Gattung oder gleichnamige Art dieser Gattung in der Familie Süssgräser 3. reife getrocknete Samen als Grundnahrungsmittel in vielen Sorten, meist ganze Körner in Wasser gekocht oder in Eintopfgerichten
noun: 1. junger, leicht beweglicher Zweig eines Baumes oder Strauchs
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 Reis
- Reises genitive
- Reise plural
- Reisen dative definite plural
- Reiser plural
- Reisern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Reis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Reis in German?
Reis appears 14 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).