Rentner
German, noun[ˈʁɛntnɐ]
Rentner is spelled R-E-N-T-N-E-R (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rentner is a German masculine noun meaning “pensioner (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die nicht mehr überwiegend erwerbstätig ist und ihren Lebensunterhalt aus einer Rente, also einer…”.
What does Rentner mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepensioner (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die nicht mehr überwiegend erwerbstätig ist und ihren Lebensunterhalt aus einer Rente, also einer gesetzlichen oder privaten Versicherungsleistung, bestreitet
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 Rentner
- Rentners genitive
- Rentnerin feminine
- Rentnern dative definite plural
- Rtn. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rentner?
- [ˈʁɛntnɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rentner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rentner in German?
Rentner appears 13 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).