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Rillen

German, noun/ˈʁɪlən/

Rillen is spelled R-I-L-L-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rillen is a German feminine noun meaning “plural of Rille” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does Rillen mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineplural of Rille

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. in eine Oberfläche längliche, schmale Vertiefungen (Rillen) einarbeiten

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 Rillen

  • rille present
  • rillst present
  • rillt present
  • rillte past
  • rill! imperative singular
  • rille! imperative singular
  • rillt! imperative plural
  • gerillt participle-2 perfect
  • haben auxiliary perfect
  • gerillt haben active infinitive perfect
  • gerillt werden processual-passive infinitive present
  • gerillt worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
  • gerillt sein statal-passive infinitive present
  • gerillt gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
  • zu rillen active extended infinitive
  • gerillt zu haben active extended infinitive
  • gerillt zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
  • gerillt worden zu sein processual-passive extended infinitive

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

How do you pronounce Rillen?

  • /ˈʁɪlən/
  • [ˈʁɪlən]

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

English words that translate to Rillen

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

How common is Rillen in German?

Rillen appears about once in every 1 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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