Ring
German, noun
Ring is spelled R-I-N-G (4 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ring is a German masculine noun meaning “a ring (a circular and hollow object, made of any material.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ring is a different word: “singular imperative of ringen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kreisförmiges, meist metallisches Schmuckstück, das normalerweise am Finger oder als Piercing getragen wird”.
What does Ring mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea ring (a circular and hollow object, made of any material.)
- 2
masculinea ring (small jewelry worn on the finger (usually composed of precious metals))
- 3
masculinea ring (a group of people, often involved into criminal and illegal actions)
- 4
masculinea ring (algebraic structure)
- 5
masculinea ring (planar geometrical figure)
- 6
masculinean annulet (ring used as a charge)
- 7
masculinea ring (a collection of material orbiting a planet)
- 8
masculinea ring (a place where events such as wrestling and boxing take place)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of ringen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of ringen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kreisförmiges, meist metallisches Schmuckstück, das normalerweise am Finger oder als Piercing getragen wird 2. kreisförmiger Gegenstand oder Struktur 3. zusammengebogener, nummerierter Streifen, der Vögeln um den Fuß gelegt wird, um sie bei Wiederfunden identifizieren zu können 4. ein nicht unbedingt runder, oftmals mit Seilen abgetrennter Bereich, in dem Kampfsport betrieben wird
adjective: 1. ohne Mühe zu schaffen, sorgenfrei, fröhlich 2. leicht an Gewicht, klein, wenig, wertlos
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 Ring
- Ringes genitive
- Rings genitive
- Ringe plural
- Ringchen diminutive neuter
- Ringlein diminutive neuter
- Ringen dative definite plural
- ringer comparative
- am ringsten superlative
- ringe positive nominative strong
- ringes positive nominative strong
- ringen positive genitive strong
- ringem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ring
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ring in German?
Ring appears 35 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).