Rille
German, noun/ˈʁɪlə/
Rille is spelled R-I-L-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rille is a German feminine noun meaning “groove (narrow channel; often one of several parallel ones)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lange und schmale Vertiefung in einer Oberfläche”.
What does Rille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegroove (narrow channel; often one of several parallel ones)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lange und schmale Vertiefung in einer Oberfläche 2. spiralförmige datentragende Vertiefung in einer Schallplatte 3. längliche Vertiefungen in der Mondoberfläche
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 Rille
- Rillen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rille?
- /ˈʁɪlə/
- [ˈʁɪlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rille in German?
Rille 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).