Ruhezustand
German, noun[ˈʁuːəˌt͡suːʃtant]
Ruhezustand is spelled R-U-H-E-Z-U-S-T-A-N-D (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruhezustand is a German masculine noun meaning “idle state” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand von jemandem oder etwas in Untätigkeit oder Entspannung”.
What does Ruhezustand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineidle state
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand von jemandem oder etwas in Untätigkeit oder Entspannung 2. Zustand, in dem ein elektronisches Gerät eingeschaltet ist, aber nichts ausführt
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 Ruhezustand
- Ruhezustandes genitive
- Ruhezustands genitive
- Ruhezustände plural
- Ruhezustande dative singular
- Ruhezuständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ruhezustand?
- [ˈʁuːəˌt͡suːʃtant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ruhezustand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ruhezustand in German?
Ruhezustand appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).