Rinnstein
German, noun/ˈʁɪnˌʃtaɪ̯n/
Rinnstein is spelled R-I-N-N-S-T-E-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rinnstein is a German masculine noun meaning “sewer, street gutter (depression that runs parallel to a road and is designed to collect rainwater that flows along the street diverting it…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rinne für den Abfluss neben dem Bürgersteig”.
What does Rinnstein mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesewer, street gutter (depression that runs parallel to a road and is designed to collect rainwater that flows along the street diverting it into a storm drain)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rinne für den Abfluss neben dem Bürgersteig 2. Grenzstein des Bürgersteigs zur Gosse
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 Rinnstein
- Rinnsteines genitive
- Rinnsteins genitive
- Rinnsteine plural
- Rinnsteinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rinnstein?
- /ˈʁɪnˌʃtaɪ̯n/
- [ˈʁɪnˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rinnstein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rinnstein in German?
Rinnstein appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).