Riss
German, noun
Riss is spelled R-I-S-S (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Riss is a German masculine noun meaning “fissure, crack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, riss is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of reißen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Trennungsspalt, der durch das Zerreißen eines materiellen Gegenstandes entsteht”.
What does Riss mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefissure, crack
- 2
masculinerift, split, tear
- 3
masculineprey killed by a predatory animal
Der Leopard brachte seinen Riss in Sicherheit.
- 4
datedmasculineengraving; sketch, depiction
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of reißen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trennungsspalt, der durch das Zerreißen eines materiellen Gegenstandes entsteht 2. schmerzende Trennung im psychischen Bereich 3. eine Verletzung, bei der ein Gewebe gewaltsam zerreißt 4. die zeichnerische Planung oder Erfassung eines dreidimensionalen Gegenstandes oder eines Gebäudes auf einer horizontalen oder vertikalen Bildebene
noun: 1. Ähnliche Wörter (Deutsch): :Anagramme: Sirs
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 Riss
- Risses genitive
- Risse plural
- Risschen diminutive neuter
- Risslein diminutive neuter
- Rissel diminutive neuter
- Rissen dative definite plural
- Riß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Riss
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Riss in German?
Riss appears 11 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).