Rizinus
German, noun/ˈriːtsinʊs/
Rizinus is spelled R-I-Z-I-N-U-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 222,832nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rizinus is a German masculine noun meaning “castor oil plant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Pflanze Ricinus communis der monotypischen Pflanzengattung Ricinus aus der Familie der Wolfsmilchsgewächse”.
What does Rizinus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecastor oil plant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Pflanze Ricinus communis der monotypischen Pflanzengattung Ricinus aus der Familie der Wolfsmilchsgewächse
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 Rizinus
- Rizinusse plural
- Rizinussen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rizinus?
- /ˈriːtsinʊs/
- [ˈʁiː.t͡si.nʊs]
- [-t͡sɪ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rizinus in German?
Rizinus appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).