Rinnstein

German

Etymology

From rinnen +‎ Stein.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʁɪnˌʃtaɪ̯n/
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Hyphenation: Rinn‧stein

Noun

Rinnstein m (strong, genitive Rinnsteines or Rinnsteins, plural Rinnsteine)

sewer, street gutter (prepared channel in a surface)

Declension

Declension of Rinnstein [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rinnstein	die	Rinnsteine
genitive	eines	des	Rinnsteines, Rinnsteins	der	Rinnsteine
dative	einem	dem	Rinnstein, Rinnsteine¹	den	Rinnsteinen
accusative	einen	den	Rinnstein	die	Rinnsteine

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

→ Polish: rynsztok

Further reading

“Rinnstein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Rinnstein” in Duden online
“Rinnstein”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
“Rinnstein” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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