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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
Noun
Rinnsal n (strong, genitive Rinnsales or Rinnsals, plural Rinnsale)
- 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
Further reading
- “Rinnsal” in Duden online
- “Rinnsal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache