rinnen
German, verb
rinnen is spelled R-I-N-N-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rinnen is a German verb meaning “to flow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rinnen is a different word: “plural of Rinne”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “langsam und in geringer Menge fließen”.
What does rinnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flow
Der Schweiß rinnt ihm über die Stirn.
- 2
to leak
- 3
to run
Der Reis rann aus der Packung.
- 4
to trickle
noun
- 1
plural of Rinne
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. langsam und in geringer Menge fließen 2. sich in kleinen Mengen bewegen 3. leck, undicht sein; Flüssigkeit verlieren
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 rinnen
- rinnt present singular third-person
- rann past
- geronnen participle past
- ränne past subjunctive
- rönne past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- rinnend participle present
- rinne first-person indicative present
- rinnst indicative present second-person
- rinnest second-person singular subjunctive
- rinnet plural second-person subjunctive
- rannen first-person indicative plural
- rännen first-person formal plural
- rönnen first-person formal plural
- rannst indicative preterite second-person
- rannt indicative plural preterite
- rännest formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rinnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rinnen in German?
rinnen 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).