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Rinnsal
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German
de:
Etymology
From de rinnen to trickle -sal abstract noun suffix. Possibly from de gem-pro *rannislō and cognate with is rennsli run, leak.de I can't find this in any dictionary, but the meaning and the form fit well.
Pronunciation
de [ˈʁɪnˌzaːl]
de De-Rinnsal.oga
de De-Rinnsal.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n,(e)s
trickle
de Bach Fluss Strom
de 2005 w:Cornelia Funke Tintenblut 3-7915-0467-3 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
n,(e)s
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