Ries
German, noun/riːs/
Ries is spelled R-I-E-S (4 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ries is a German neuter noun meaning “quantity of paper containing 1000 sheets (two reams)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Mengeneinheit für Papierbogen, historisch und je nach Papiersorte unterschiedlich definiert, meist 500…”.
What does Ries mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterquantity of paper containing 1000 sheets (two reams)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Mengeneinheit für Papierbogen, historisch und je nach Papiersorte unterschiedlich definiert, meist 500 Bogen
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 Ries
- Rieses genitive
- Riese plural
- Riesen dative definite plural
- Rieß alternative
- Rs abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ries?
- /riːs/
- [ʁiːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ries
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ries in German?
Ries appears 2.2 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).