Rinnsal
German, noun[ˈʁɪnˌzaːl]
Rinnsal is spelled R-I-N-N-S-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rinnsal is a German neuter noun meaning “trickle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr kleines, sacht fließendes Gewässer”.
What does Rinnsal mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutertrickle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehr kleines, sacht fließendes Gewässer 2. Flüssigkeit, die in einer kleineren Menge irgendwohin rinnt
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 Rinnsal
- Rinnsales genitive
- Rinnsals genitive
- Rinnsale plural
- Rinnsalen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rinnsal?
- [ˈʁɪnˌzaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rinnsal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rinnsal in German?
Rinnsal appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).