Rinne
German, noun
Rinne is spelled R-I-N-N-E (5 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rinne is a German feminine noun meaning “groove” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, rinne is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schmale, längliche Vertiefung, durch die Wasser fließen kann”.
What does Rinne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegroove
- 2
femininegutter
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schmale, längliche Vertiefung, durch die Wasser fließen kann 2. Kurzform für die Fahrrinne 3. schmaler, langer, in Form einer Halbschale ausgehöhlter Körper aus Blech, Holz usw. in der etwas abfließen kann
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 Rinne
- Rinnen plural
- Rinnchen diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Rinne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rinne in German?
Rinne appears 1.6 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).