Ruine
German, noun/ʁuˈiːnə/
Ruine is spelled R-U-I-N-E (5 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written German, the 16,394th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruine is a German feminine noun meaning “ruin, ruins” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “teilweise eingestürztes, verfallenes oder zerstörtes Bauwerk”.
What does Ruine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineruin, ruins
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. teilweise eingestürztes, verfallenes oder zerstörtes Bauwerk 2. Gegenstand, Körperteil oder Ähnliches in schlechtem Zustand
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 Ruine
- Ruinen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ruine?
- /ʁuˈiːnə/
- [ʁuˈiːnə]
- [ʁuˈʔiːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ruine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ruine in German?
Ruine appears 3.4 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).