Rheinfall

German

Rheinfall

Etymology

From Rhein +‎ Fall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁaɪ̯nˌfal/

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• Hyphenation: Rhein‧fall
• Homophone: Reinfall

Proper noun

Rheinfall n (proper noun, genitive Rheinfalls or (optionally with an article) Rheinfall)

1. Rhine Falls (a waterfall in the Rhine, on the border between canton of Schaffhausen and canton of Zurich, in northern Switzerland)

Further reading

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