Polyglot Dictionary

Ruine

/ˈʁuˈiːnə/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Ruinen

Meaning

  1. ruin

    • Die Burg ist eine Ruine.

      The castle is a ruin.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Untergang

Worth distinguishing: Untergang is the downfall/event itself; Ruine is the physical ruin left behind.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

ruína

ruína is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "ruin."

Practice

1 What does Ruine mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Burg ist eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ruine?

noun

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