rinn

[ʁɪn]

/[ʁɪn]/ verb

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The verdict

“rinn” is uncommon German (frequency #90,817 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,817
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rinnen

Corpus desk

Index DE-rinn · rinn · German

rinn · rank #90,817 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,817
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rieneck

Nearest frequency peer: Rieneck (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „rinn“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rinn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rinn
PropertyValue
Headwordrinn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʁɪn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#90,817
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rinn“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).rinnfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Rieneck“ (#90,816), „rissig“ (#90,818), „roads“ (#90,819). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rinn“ bei #90,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rinn is uncommon German at frequency #90,817 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rinnen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rinn, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is rinn, spelled R-I-N-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rinnen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rinn"?
"rinn" is spelled R-I-N-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁɪn].
What does "rinn" mean?
As a verb, "rinn" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rinnen
How do you pronounce "rinn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rinn" is [ʁɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rinn" come from?
"rinn" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rinn", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rhin#90,814saya#90,839rear#90,777Pura#90,756

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list