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Rüste

German, noun

Rüste is a German feminine noun meaning “sunset; (by extension) the end of a time period; chiefly in zur Rüste gehen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, rüste is a different word: “first-person singular present”.

What does Rüste mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineobsoleterest, resting

  2. 2

    femininesunset; (by extension) the end of a time period; chiefly in zur Rüste gehen

    Die Sonne geht zur Rüste.

noun

  1. 1

    feminineraresynonym of Rüstzeit (“retreat for religious devotion”)

verb

as rüste
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 2

    first/third-person singular subjunctive I

  3. 3

    singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of Rüste

  • Rüsten plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is Rüste in German?

Rüste appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).