Rinnsal

German

Etymology

From rinnen (“to trickle”) +‎ -sal (abstract noun suffix). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *rannislō and cognate with Icelandic rennsli (“run, leak”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʁɪnˌzaːl]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Rinnsal n (strong, genitive Rinnsales or Rinnsals, plural Rinnsale)

  1. trickle
    Synonyms: Bach, Fluss, Strom
    • 2005, Cornelia Funke, Tintenblut, →ISBN:
      Ein kleines Rinnsal von Bach wand sich zwischen all dem hindurch, zwei Kinder scheuchten ein Schwein von den Beeten und eine Frau mit einem Baby auf dem Arm fütterte eine Schar magerer Hühner.
      A small trickle of a brook meandered through all this, two children scared away a pig from the beds and a woman with a baby on the arm fed a troop of meagre chickens.

Declension

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Further reading
  • “Rinnsal” in Duden online
  • “Rinnsal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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